Problem
According to the speaker in "The Seafarer," what has happened to the world's honor? In the final stanza of "Dover Beach," what does the speaker say the world lacks? According to the speaker in "Escape From the Old Country," what does tradition do? Give an example of a mental image you created as you read one of the poems. What kinds of details helped you form the mental image? Would you recommend this strategy to others? Why or why not? Analysis and Discussion In lines 27-38 of "The Seafarer," what causes the speaker's heart to "begin to beat"? How do you think the speaker can endure all the hardships and dangers of a life at sea and yet be so strongly drawn to it? Explain the connection between the concluding message of "The Seafarer" and its depiction of the seafarer's wandering existence. In "Dover Beach," where are the speaker and his "love," and what do they hear and see? Why do you think the scene suggests to the speaker "the eternal note of sadness"? In the last stanza of "Dover Beach," what does the speaker say that he and his "love" should do? What problem does the speaker believe?