Dover Beach

I think that the poem Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold wrote was very effective for me because I have been to so many bodies of water before. The way that he described the water with so many various descriptions of both the sight and sound of it made me think back on times when I have witnessed bodies of water performing as written. This makes the sights and sounds of the water come to life for me and realize the deeper meanings of the bodies of water reflecting on life as we know it. TheIn the fifth line when it is written, "Glimmering and vast,"(Ln5) help to really display the characteristics of the oceans. The drastic descriptions help reflect back on the actual meaning that life holds. The hard way that we have to deal and cope with all that happens in both the large, intense sounds and the calm, everlasting years that life holds.
This all comes together perfectly through the weaving of the three bodies of water described. The first develops the solemn sense that life is harsh. The second shows how others before us have come to the realization that this is show. The last seems to be a fictional stanza that shows how possibly at one point things could have been perfect for all, but they are not. The last stanza really reveals how at one point or another we can make life bearable. This is only through a partner that we can really endure and get through all the hard times.