Dover Beach

The setting of "Dover Beach" plays an important role in the context of the poem.  It is placed outdoors on a beach near France and England.  There is a "calm sea," and "the tide is full" which must mean it is night.  A "night-wind" is blowing causing me to believe that this setting will not stay for long.  I think a storm is about to occur and shift the scenery from being peaceful to chaotic.  The poem ends mentioning that "ignorant armies clash by night."  "Armies" signify the waves as they clash against each other like they do in a storm.  The person whom is he addressing is his lover because he says "Ah, love, let us be true" in line 29.