" Identify this work in which a "tranquil bay" sits near where "the cliffs of England stand", in a world "where ignorant armies clash by night", a poem by Matthew Arnold.
Yeats's "The 19th Century and After" was a written response to this poem, which commands the reader to "come to the window", because "sweet is the night-air", and also refers to the naked shingles of the world and sounds that Sophocles heard long ago. Those sounds made him think about the "turbid ebb and flow of human misery." Beginning with, "The sea is calm to-night," the poem goes on to equate the persistence of waves with an "eternal note of sadness." Identify this work in which a "tranquil bay" sits near where "the cliffs of England stand", in a world "where ignorant armies clash by night", a poem by Matthew Arnold.
Yeats's "The 19th Century and After" was a written response to this poem, which commands the reader to "come to the window", because "sweet is the night-air", and also refers to the naked shingles of the world and sounds that Sophocles heard long ago.
“{Dover Beach”}