2. Select the correct answer.
excerpt from Dover Beach
by William Arnold
In the passage, what is the figurative meaning of the phrase the waves?
O A circumstances
OB
emotions
Ос
destiny
OD
finances
The sea is calm tonight
The tide is full the moon lies fair
Upon the straits, on the French coast the light
Gleams and is gone, the cliffs of England stand,
5- Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.
Come to the window, sweet is the night-air!
Only, from the long line of spray
Where the sea meets the moon-blanched land,
Listen you hear the grating roar
10 of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling!
At their return up the high strand,
Begin, and cease, and then again begin,
With tremulous cadence slow, and bring
The eternal note of sadness in
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