Matthew Arnold uses diction and imagery to produce the themes of alienation and self-discovery in the poems: "Dover Beach" and “The Buried Life.” Beach” is about a man's attitude towards life. Arnold uses diction to show his innermost feelings and thoughts. In “Dover Beach,” he states that “the sea is calm this evening, the tide is full, the moon is beautiful over the strait.” These lines demonstrate a sense of clarification until he claims to have lost faith, saying "and we are here as on a dark plain swept by confused alarms of fight and flight." These lines present the idea that he does not know why he is on this earth. His negative thoughts affect his ability to be happy, for example when he says, “Ah, my love, let us be faithful to each other!” for the world that seems to open before us like a land of dreams…” It begins with a positive note about loyalty to one another, but then cuts off with the artificiality of the world. Arnold also uses diction to describe the negative qualities of the world by saying, "Has truly no joy, no love, no light, no certainty, no peace, no help for pain." » Arnold uses imagery in the first stanza when he observes the sea. and the moon. This helps the reader imagine the water in the moonlight and listen to the sound of crashing waves. Starting with a very peaceful scene, we move away by comparing the crashing waves to the loss of faith experienced by our generations. The end of the poem leaves the reader wondering if the world is not there for us, who is? The world is full of different types of people and different stories to share, but for some reason we don't share with each other. We keep all our emotions and stories inside our lives buried while we play a role...... middle of paper ...... there is shown at the bottom of the second page "A man takes aware of the flow of his life, And hears its winding whisper; and he sees The meadows where it glides, the sun, the breeze The feeling of knowing where your life is going is compared to a sunny day in the meadows and feeling the. breeze. The feeling of not knowing what could change at any moment is shown on the last page: “And then he thinks he knows the hills where his life has risen, and the sea where it goes” The sea never ends. never and this is the comparison with life. Life changes and continues forever Compared to a sea that changes shape, moves water from its original place and presents obstacles. worry about the future and progress as much as possible, we will never know what our initial state of mind was. We will never be able to remember past experiences and truly appreciate them..