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Why does Mathew Arnold mention Sophocles in this excerpt from “Dover Beach”?


With tremulous cadence slow, and bring

The eternal note of sadness in.


Sophocles long ago

Heard it on the Aegean, and it brought

Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow

Of human misery; we

Find also in the sound a thought,

Hearing it by this distant northern sea.


A.It enhances the dramatic quality of the poem.


B.Sophocles drew inspiration from the sea.


C.It enhances the melancholic tone of the poem.


D.Sophocles inspires the poet to write.

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The answer is C.It enhances the melancholic tone of the poem.Dover Beach is a widely reviewed and analyzed poem by Matthew Arnold. Sophocles was likely used a melancholic comparison as it is said that the note and cadence Matthew speaks of was also heard by Sophocles, but on the shore of the Aegean when he wrote some of his poems.

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