Dover Beach
Arnold's Victorian crisis poem uses the sea's withdrawal to lament lost faith. Through 'the Sea of Faith / Was once, too, at the full,' it explores doubt, loss of faith, love as consolation, and modern alienation. The poem meditates on the retreat of religious certainty.
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