1. Poetry of Victorian Era Poets
... separating them from others. Nightingales sing, flying from person to person, like hope. "For surely once, they feel, we were/ Parts of a single continent" (13-14)! Arnold is expressing his thoughts about him and his girlfriend separating but he also is speaking about mankind in general. He hopes for a re-connection of humans even through the "unplumbed, salt, estranging sea" (23). Perhaps he sees ... a lack of spirituality missing in people that causes this estrangement. In Dover Beach he seems to carry this idea over. He begins off calm and soothing. "The sea is calm tonight. The ti...
- Word Count: 5237
- Approx Pages: 21
- Grade Level: High School