Dover Beach is where the poem "Dover Beach" was written by Matthew Arnold. He was on the beach with his wife when he wrote this poem. The two were on their honeymoon. The poem itself is about how Christianity is unable to rise above the tide of scientific discovery. He is worried for the future of Christianity.
This poem also brushes on the mindset of "nature's beauty is a distraction from the misery of being alive." when he describes the cliffs in the first paragraph it seems like a beautiful scene which is ended when a "eternal note of sadness" is brought in reminding the writer of his original emotion of sadness.
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circa. The middle of the month Summer 1851
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