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The document analyzes whether the poem "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold is pessimistic or optimistic. It begins with a beautiful description of the sea at night, but then Arnold introduces a contradictory conjunction of "Only," suggesting the scene would be more beautiful "if only" the waves did not bring "the eternal note of sadness." The analysis finds that from this point on, the entire poem views the ocean and world in a melancholy, pessimistic light. It concludes the poem presents an overall pessimistic

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Irfan Baloshi

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