Why does Mathew Arnold mention Sophocles in this excerpt from “Dover Beach”?

With tremulous cadence slow, and bring
The eternal note of sadness in.

Sophocles long ago
Heard it on the Aegean, 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.

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In "Dover Beach," the author Mathew Arnold makes reference to the Dover Strait, which separates England from France, and reflects about the loss of religious faith at the time. He also compares the pebbles waving back and forth with the sadness he experiences in life, which constantly comes and goes. In the excerpt he suggests that those pebbles are also regarded as the representation of misery to Sophocles, who, like him, felt melancholy looking at the sea.

Answer:  Plato users the correct answer is C.  It enhances the melancholic tone of the poem

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