Hecht's "The Dover Bitch"

Hecht's parody is not, however, a satirise of Arnold's poem. Hecht's poem is rather in the nature of an hommage, inasmuch as the poet is, ultimately, revealed to be just as confused and tentative about his community with the universe as Arnold is. Arnold's Victorian questioning of the rightness of the humans in "Dover Beach" becomes Hecht's contemporary questioning of whether cryptic meaning is accessible. Arnold's somewhat incidental lover--compared to t

he paramount status of the inscrutability of the cosmos--dominates more than half of Hecht's poem.

For Hecht, who declares he knew her, "that girl," who stands for most people, was, way down deep, rather superficial, or at any rate living in the moment, not for the ages.

Hecht explains: Yes, she had realize Sophocles, but for a weekend at the beach, she had anticipated lovemaking, not a slightly impersonal plea, however heartfelt, for fidelity in love. Hecht characterizes the
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