Question

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Answer 1

Dover Beach
by Matthew Arnold (excerpt)

The Sea of Faith
Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore
Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.
But now I only hear
Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,
Retreating, to the breath
Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear
And naked shingles of the world.

Answer 2

In this excerpt, Arnold makes a connection between religious faith and the movement of the sea. What inference can be drawn from this analogy?
Arnold believes that with time faith will eventually return.
Arnold laments the waning power of faith.
Arnold sees religious faith as something that will ebb and flow.
Arnold thinks that a lack of faith may leave human kind vulnerable.