In his Aug. 21 letter to the editor responding to Robert Novak's Aug. 5 op-ed column, "Our First Casualties," Gen. John M. Keane, the U.S. Army's vice chief of staff, asserted that the Department of Defense has a long-standing policy of not inviting media...

NOT SO very long ago people still read Matthew Arnold's "Sohrab and Rustum", "Thyrsis", "The Scholar-Gypsy" and his poems to Marguerite. Now his only guaranteed anthology piece is "Dover Beach". To Ian Hamilton, who has great affection for the poetry, this is no doubt...

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For reasons I can’t explain, science fiction has always sent me to sleep. Perhaps it’s because I find living in the present scary enough. The pleasures of Ray Bradbury’s futuristic work—let alone H.G. Wells’—have passed me by. Even Truffaut’s film of Mr. Bradbury’s 1953 classic,...

Provides an in depth analysis of the poem "Dover Beach," written by Matthew Arnold. Examines the importance of setting. Provides biographical detail on the poet.

Analyzes Matthew Arnold's poem, "Dover Beach." Explores Arnold's use of narration in the poem. Describes his feelings of doubt about his new marriage.