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    Matthew Arnold

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    doth come‚ Let all doubts be dumb; Let all words be mild; All strife be reconciled; All pains beguiled. Light brings no blindness; Love no unkindness; Knowledge no ruin; Fear no undoing‚ From the cradle to the grave‚-- Save‚ O‚ save! Matthew

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    AnnuAl RepoRt 2011/2012 1 Ministry of Agriculture‚ Water & Forestry ANNUAL REPORT 2012 Vision “ To be recognized as the leading contributor to food security‚ agro-production competitiveness‚ increased and equitable access to our natural resources for improved livelihood‚ wellbeing and wealth for all.” Mission “ To promote and manage the sustainable utilization and development of agricultural‚ water and forestry resources for a prosperous Namibia through stakeholder partnerships

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    Explore how Matthew Arnold uses language to give us insights into the life of modern man in ‘Dover Beach’. The life of modern mankind is presented very negatively and ignorantly by Matthew Arnold in the poem Dover Beach by the fact that religious faith evanesce with the Industrial Revolution. Arnold creates the image of the dark future for the people without unwavering faith or religion. Modern men are bastardised with the thought that new the Industrial Revolution will give them advantage

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    "Dover Beach" by Arnold: Irony‚ Images‚ and Illusions In the poem "Dover Beach" by: Matthew Arnold there is a lot of irony‚ appeal to the auditory and visual sense‚ and illusions. The tone in this poem is very sad and dismal‚ but he shows us how to keep faith and hope in spite of that and how important being honest‚ true‚ and faithful to one another‚ really is. Throughout this poem ‚ Arnold mentions all of these traits and ties them all together. The irony in this poem is the main plot

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    Dover Beach Tone

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    Dover BeachMatthew Arnold‚ “The sea is calm tonight.”(1) The very first line suggests a poem to inspire tranquility in the reader; but‚ that tranquility is but an illusion: “Listen! You hear the grating roar of pebbles which the waves draw back and fling...”(9-10) Does this feel like the tone of a peaceful poem? The entire piece plays with the reader’s senses‚ never allowing them to get quite comfortable in their conclusion of what the tone is meant to be‚ as it is ever shifting. Each Stanza further

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    depression. The melancholy experienced by a writer is often clear between the lines of their work‚ and the tone taken indicates a deep struggle occurring on the other side of the paper. Out of the readings we have discussed so far‚ “Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold‚ “September 1‚

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    In "Dover Beach‚" Matthew Arnold’s use of diction and imagery reveal the overall pessimistic tone of the poem. The use of diction brings the reader toward two separate tones‚ yet they uniquely contribute to general feeling of pessimism that Matthew Arnold portrays. In the first stanza‚ the "calm" sea brings a feeling of peacefulness. Since it is not turbulent‚ but rather serene and still‚ the calmness of the sea evokes feelings of harmony. This tone is set to show the value and possibilities of

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    William Wordsworth‚ a very notable Romantic poet during this time period. In stark contrast‚ the Victorian Period was a time during which poets wrote about the environment that surrounded them‚ and tended to have a pessimistic view of life. Matthew Arnold‚ a Victorian poet‚ encompassed many of these qualities in his writing. The two poets‚ distinguished in two completely different time periods with different characteristics‚ had some literary commonalities‚ such as similar references to nature

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    Dover Beach Essay

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    Dover Beach” is a deeply melancholic poem‚ with reference to “Kraken” and “Relic” Dover Beach is a deeply melancholic poem however Relic is also melancholic with a nihilistic approach; meanwhile Kraken refers to romantic sadness. All three poems relate to sadness and offer a different perspective of it. Relic is a first person monologue as is Dover Beach that is not specifically directed to anyone‚ Kraken even though it is a monologue it carries a disembodied voice which mirrors better

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    English 2342 20 April 2011 Dover Beach and Fahrenheit 451 The classic poem‚ Dover Beach‚ written by Matthew Arnold‚ is a statement about losing faith as a result of enlightenment. In an emotionally charged scene in Ray Bradbury’s novel‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ fireman Guy Montag reads the poem aloud to his wife and her friends. Bradbury could have chosen any piece of literature for Montag to read as a means of unveiling his collection of hoarded books and his newfound interest in reading them. Bradbury

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