A dead body on the floor, covered in scarlet red blood. Bones were scattered out everywhere
The main idea of this poem is welcoming the new year and spring as an opportunity for a fresh start and new love. The closing lines sum up the main idea well:
"Then you faire flowre, in whome fresh youth doth raine,
<span> prepare your selfe new love to entertaine."
The 'fair flower' he is referring to is a woman, and he is telling her to get ready ('prepare your selfe') to entertain (discover) new love!</span>
Answer:
Ebbs and flows in this context mean that human misery comes and goes.
Explanation:
The poem, Dover Beach, written by Matthew Arnold, uses the term 'ebbs and flows' to describe how human misery comes and goes. Ebbs and flows, in the context of sea movement, refers to the coming (flows) and going (ebbs) of the sea tides.
We can say that though hardships and miseries are experienced by all humans, eventually, it would all go away, drifting into the sea as we continue to live on and experience more happiness and betterment flowing in.
The stanza referred is this excerpt:
Sophocles long ago
Heard it on the Ægean, and it brought
Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow
Of human misery; we
Find also in the sound a thought,
Hearing it by this distant northern sea.
The genre that uses dramatic elements to depict flaws in human nature in a succinct poignant way is Tragedy
Tragedy usually focus in the suffering and distress of human nature during some specific circumstances
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