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Which stanza best expresses the societal changes that occurred during the Victorian Age as they relate to the tone of “Dover Beach”?(1 point)

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“ . . . on the French coast the light/Gleams and is gone;”
“ . . . on the French coast the light/Gleams and is gone;”

“The Sea of Faith/Was once, too, at the full, and round earth’s shore”
“The Sea of Faith/Was once, too, at the full, and round earth’s shore”

“But now I only hear/Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,”
“But now I only hear/Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,”

“ . . . for the world, which seems/To lie before us like a land of dreams,/ . . .Hath neither joy, nor love, nor light .”

“The Sea of Faith/Was once, too, at the full, and round earth’s shore” - This stanza best expresses the societal changes that occurred during the Victorian Age as it reflects the idea of the loss of religious faith and the sense of uncertainty and melancholy that accompanied it.