Title:
The title is referring to the beach that the author is observing
Paraphrase:
"We find also in the sound a thought hearing it by this distant northern sea" We revisit different memories that is reminded by the similarities of our current settings
"But now I only hear it's melancholy, long, withdrawing roar." Only the harsh, cold waves coming in and out can be heard.
Connotation:
"moon-blanched" the night is whitened by the moon light
"naked-shingles of the world" the raw emotions of people without the layers to hind behind
Attitude:
The attitude is melancholy, reflecting, and also pleading in a way to go back to the past life of the beauties in humanity.
Shift:
"With tremulous cadence slow, and bring the eternal note of sadness in."
In awe of nature's beauty at night but then shifts to a melancholy tone.
"Sophocles long ago heard it on the Aegean" shifts to an even darker mood with a reference to human destruction
Title Revisited:
The title isn't just referencing to a specific beach but what it's contents symbolize: cliffs, gleams, pebbles.
Theme:
Learn to trust one another in the dark world we live in, as only love preserves "where ignorant armies clash by night." The night life represents the dark world we currently live in.The transition from the scenic beach at night to the dark, cold waves and "grating roar of pebbles" take over the night like humanity losing trust in one another.
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