Which interpretation of the poem "dover beach," by matthew arnold, describes the effect of an allusion on the poem's meaning? a. arnold refers to how the sound of the sea reminded sophocles of "human misery," which suggests that the bleakness of the world has been obvious since the beginning of civilization. b. in arnold's poem, the back-and-forth of the sea has an "eternal note of sadness," as though nature is at war with itself and civilization offers the only true chance of happiness in the world. c. arnold compares the shore to "folds of a bright girdle furi'd," conveying the idea that the sad and violent state of nature was better at some point in the past d. the speaker of the poem mentions the biblical story of david and goliath, in which an ordinary boy, david, brings down a giant with nothing but a sling and his faith. apex