Dover Beach Assignment
Access the poem “Dover Beach.” Copy the poem into your study guide. Read the poem out loud.
1. How does the poem make you feel?
2. Why do you think “Dover Beach” is called Arnold’s most modern?
3. Why do you think Arnold mentions Sophocles in the poem?
4. What do you think Arnold means by the “eternal note of sadness”?
5. What do you think he means by The Sea of Faith?
6. What verse and rhyming pattern does Arnold use in the poem?
Write your ideas in your study guide. Use text from the poem and what you know about Arnold to support your ideas.
