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Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold - Poem Analysis
Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold is a dramatic monologue that also has a Sonnet form. The poem was written when Arnold was on honeymoon with his newly wedded bride. The poem begins with the calm, pleasant and soothing description of Dover beach.

Dover is a city in England that is famous for White Cliffs. The beach lies between England and France. The poet is on the England side and is watching the coast of France. The time is that of night.

The poem begins with the romantic tradition style i.e. using simple language. The poet says “the sea is calm tonight”. The line is complete in itself and simply means that everything is fine and calm.

In the next line, he vividly describes the vista around him. According to the poet, as usual, the tide is full and the moon is lightening the straits i.e. the shores.

On the other side, i.e. the France coast, the light glimmers and then vanishes (like the twinkling of stars). When the light vanishes, the poet sees the White Cliffs which are shining in the moonlight on the Shore of England. Probably the light on the French side vanishes because White Cliffs block the rays of moonlight.

The poet believes that the world which was like the Land of Dreams or how he described it, in the beginning, is, in reality, hollow from inside. There is no joy, love, light, certainty, peace, sympathy in it.
Both the poet and his beloved are on a ‘darkling plain’ i.e. a dark and ugly world. They hear the sound of struggle and fights of the people who are fighting without seeing each other.