Question

Ah, love, let us be true

To one another! for the world, which seems

To lie before us like a land of dreams,

So various, so beautiful, so new,

Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,

Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;

And we are here as on a darkling plain

Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,

Where ignorant armies clash by night.

Question 15
Please use a specific example from the text to support WHY you chose your above answer. In other words, how do you know this passage is an example of Romanticism or Realism?

/1 - Giving an example from the text

/2 - Explaining how your example shows the text is Romanticism or Realism

/1 - Proper spelling, capitalization, punctuation etc.

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

In this passage from Matthew Arnold's poem "Dover Beach," the speaker expresses a sense of disillusionment and despair in the world. This focus on the inner emotional experience and the questioning of the meaning and purpose of life aligns with the key themes of Romanticism. The speaker's yearning for truth and connection with another person reflects the Romantic belief in the power of love and human relationships to transcend the struggles and uncertainties of the world. This emphasis on emotions, introspection, and the individual's inner experience is characteristic of Romanticism.