Question

How did listening to the excerpt from "Dover Beach" enhance your understanding of the sense of sadness explored in the poem?

Answer 1

The poet uses aural imagery to create the sound of the sea. The repetition of the r sound in the words "grating roar" imitates the sound that the poet describes. The poet also uses alliteration, which gives the poem cadence and musicality: “Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.” The repetition of vowel sounds and the f sound add rhythm to the poem.

Arnold also uses repetition to give the poem a mournful tone:

Begin, and cease, and then again begin,

With tremulous cadence slow, and bring

The eternal note of sadness in.

Repeating the words begin and cease creates a monotonous rhythm, and the rhyme in these lines gives the poem a sorrowful feel.

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

The poet uses aural imagery to create the sound of the sea. The repetition of the r sound in the words "grating roar" imitates the sound that the poet describes. The poet also uses alliteration, which gives the poem cadence and musicality: “Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.” The repetition of vowel sounds and the f sound add rhythm to the poem.

Arnold also uses repetition to give the poem a mournful tone:

Begin, and cease, and then again begin,

With tremulous cadence slow, and bring

The eternal note of sadness in.

Repeating the words begin and cease creates a monotonous rhythm, and the rhyme in these lines gives the poem a sorrowful feel.