It is often said that the lines of the poem
Dover Beach by
Matthew Arnold resemble the
waves that wash back and forth over the shore, or are the shapes of the
cliffs.
Personally, I do not agree with this idea, yes I know it's
poetry and you can always
analyze the hell out of
poetry, but I believe that the
lines resemble that of many other
poems if you haven't noticed. Most
poems look wavy on one side and straight on the other. So I do not believe that
teachers should
teach that the lines were meant to represent the cliffs or waves, I just believe that
teachers should allow the
students to
interpret what they think they are.