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What is the weather like at the beginning of the poem?
Look at the opening lines.
Name the ancient writer mentioned in the second stanza, and the sea by which he heard the sound.
He lived in ancient Greece.
What sound does the speaker ask his companion to listen to?
The beach at Dover is made of stones.
In the third stanza, the Sea of Faith is described as:
Think of the tide going out.
Summarise "Dover Beach" in about 120 words in your own words, giving one sentence or two to each stanza.
Use the four stanzas as four parts of your summary.
The poem moves from a real sea to an imagined "Sea of Faith" and finally to a "darkling plain". Explain how this sequence of images develops the speaker's thought.
Follow the changes from real to symbolic, and from light to dark.
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