dover beach

“Sea is life“ Dover Beach is a very mood-evoking poem. We are first met with an admiration for the sea and different emotions that draws to the observer. However, as the poem progresses we are gradually introduced to a large metaphor for love and like the sea are able to evoke many moods, and different emotions, whether prosperous or decayed. The poet describes the emotions with extreme passion and perhaps with slight hysteria. We are …

…like the stanzas preceding it, the mood changes again, which tries to tell us that no matter what happens, whether we are true, or in love, we will never understand this beauty of the sea. The poet helps to give an understanding to the reader that the sea is one element that one can never understand and so is life itself. This poem was fantastic in expressing what the poet is expressing from his heart.