Why does Arnold mention Sophocles in Dover Beach?
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
Arnold mentions Sophocles in his poem as he knew that even Sophocles was aware about the human misery which he had heard while sitting by the Aegean Sea. Using Sophocles, the speaker wants to express the intense agony and sadness.