The author of this work asserts that the world lies before us "like a land of dreams," but quashes such thoughts by claiming that it lacks joy, love, light, certitude, peace, and help for pain. The "turbid ebb and flow / Of human misery" posited in this poem stems from an "eternal note of sadness" heard under the "naked shingles of the world" and a
The author of this work asserts that the world lies before us "like a land of dreams," but quashes such thoughts by claiming that it lacks joy, love, light, certitude, peace, and help for pain. The "turbid ebb and flow / Of human misery" posited in this poem stems from an "eternal note of sadness" heard under the "naked shingles of the world" and also by "Sophocles long ago." For 10 points, name this poem that imagines a "darkling plain... / Where ignorant armies clash by night," a work of Matthew Arnold.
The author of this work asserts that the world lies before us "like a land of dreams," but quashes such thoughts by claiming that it lacks joy, love, light, certitude, peace, and help for pain.