One element that helps the images, making them more vivid and clear, is the use of figurative language. The use of metaphor at the beginning of the third stanza strikes a powerful visual image: “Even the sea of ​​faith / Was once full and round the shore of the earth” (21-22). The comparison between the sea and faith, both found in different corners of the world, gives the reader an idea of ​​the depth of emotions the speaker is experiencing. In the middle of the final stanza, Arnold uses a combination of rhyme, simile, and alliteration to work toward the poem's conclusion. The speaker says, “To each other! for the world, which seems / to lie before us like a land of dreams” (30-31). These poetic elements combined not only create a dynamic element of imagery, as well as arouse emotion, but strengthen the lyrical tone that the poem possesses. “Dover Beach” is a dramatic monologue, written in open form, but contains interesting formal elements within the poem itself. Each of the four stanzas is made up of different lengths. The first stanza contains the qualities of an English sonnet; although it has no rhyme scheme, it has fourteen lines and possesses a twist in emotion and tone that the poem has in the last two lines of the poem.