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Dover Beach
by
Matthew Arnold
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Themes: Religious Uncertainty
Themes: Human Continuity
Themes: The Consolations of Love
Themes: Loss of Faith
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Loss of Faith
Faith
Sadness
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Human Misery
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Sea of Faith
The Sea
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Eternal Note of Sadness
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Eternal Note of Sadness
The Moon Lies Fair Upon the Straits; On the French Coast the Light Gleams and is Gone; the Cliffs of England Stand; Glimmering and Vast, Out in the Tranquil Bay
And We Are Here as On a Darkling Plain Swept With Confused Alarms of Struggle and Flight, Where Ignorant Armies Clash by Night
Sea of Faith
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Victorian Era
19th Century
Industrial Revolution
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Dover Beach
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Matthew Arnold
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