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The Dover Bitch

So there stood Matthew Arnold and this girl
With the cliffs of England crumbling away behind them, .........
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Eleanor Ehrenkranz (8/9/2006 2:14:00 PM)
This is a wonderfully funny poem, taking Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold and giving it a shallow, modern narrator who trivializes the entire relationship.

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