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What is the difference between tone and mood?
One belongs to the speaker, the other to the reader.
Describe the tone of the opening lines of "Dover Beach" in two adjectives.
Look at the words calm, fair, tranquil and sweet.
Which word best describes the overall tone of "Dover Beach"?
Think of the eternal note of sadness.
The phrase "melancholy, long, withdrawing roar" creates a mournful tone mainly through:
Read it aloud and notice its speed.
Write a paragraph analysing how Arnold creates a change of tone in the first stanza. Use at least two quotations and name at least two techniques.
Identify the turning point, then examine the words, sounds and rhythm on either side of it.
Some readers find the ending of "Dover Beach" hopeful because of the appeal to love; others find it despairing. Using the tone of the last stanza, argue for one view while acknowledging the other.
Weigh the tender opening of the stanza against its dark ending.
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