Matthew Arnold, Dover Beach
p. 89-90
My sophomore year in high school, we wrote our own play based on the story of Icarus, called Icarus Flies, the second stanza in this poem, other than the fact that it's night time, reminds me of the shoreline that Icarus sees as he temporarily flies.
The entire description of the beach in the first stanza reminds me of the honeymoon beach in Twilight (sorry for my continuous parallels to Twilight)
Overall, I really enjoyed Arnold's way of describing the setting and the shoreline, it reminds me of a quote I once heard, "because there's nothing beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline no matter how many times it is sent away," by Sarah Kay.
I love that you took such a positive view on this poem. I, on the other hand, could not help but notice all of the negative word usage in the work. I feel that this poem was very beautifully written, but I could not have associated it with positive instances like you have.
ReplyDeleteWhile I have never actually read Twilight myself, I do appreciate the fact that you could connect this poem to something that you enjoy. Also, beautiful quotation at the end of this.
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