Question

Describe the loss of religious faith in “Dover Beach."​

Answer 1

Answer:

The speaker then notices another thought that comes with the sound of the sea. Explaining this next thought, the speaker describes religious faith as a sea that was once full like the tide. ... As the Sea of Faith becomes smaller, says the speaker, it disappears into the atmosphere and leaves the edges of the world naked.

Answer 2

ANSWER:

Dover Beach" is a lyric poem by the English poet Matthew Arnold. It was first published in 1867 in the collection New Poems, but surviving notes indicate its composition may have begun as early as 1849. The most likely date is 1851.

The speaker then notices another thought that comes with the sound of the sea. Explaining this next thought, the speaker describes religious faith as a sea that was once full like the tide. ... As the Sea of Faith becomes smaller, says the speaker, it disappears into the atmosphere and leaves the edges of the world naked.