“Dover Beach” conveys a critical view of life in several ways. One of the main criticisms in the poem is the idea that the world is becoming a darker and more uncertain place. The speaker reflects on how the world once seemed full of beauty and hope, but now seems dark and uncertain. He speaks … Read more
“Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold is considered a dramatic monologue because it is spoken by a single speaker, who addresses a silent listener. The poem is written in the first person, and the speaker’s thoughts, feelings, and reflections are revealed through the words he speaks. The speaker’s words are directed to a specific listener, whether … Read more
Introduction A Summer Night is one of the more important poems of Matthew Arnold. As in several other poems; in it also live is seen in the light of its end. It is written in a stoic fashion. It appeared in the 1853 volume of Arnold’s poems and has been much praised by critics like … Read more
Introducing the poet and the Poem It was Matthew Arnold (1822 – 1888), who wrote the poem ‘The Forsaken Merman’. He was not only a famous poet of the Victorian era but the inspector of the government of school, a renowned critic, as well as, a professor of poetry at Oxford University. ‘Thyrsis’, Rugby Chapel’, … Read more
About the poem Shakespeare The poem Shakespeare is Matthew Arnold’s one of the most popular, read, as well as anthologized sonnets that were written in the 1840s as well and published in 1849 when the poet was just in his 20s. As everyone, who is familiar with (English) literature, knows quite well that Mr. William … Read more
