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“Dover Beach,â€� a poem by 19th century British writer Matthew Arnold, can be read as both a romantic lament and, as many scholars have concluded, a dark, existential commentary on the loss of religious faith.     Through close reading, a way of reading for insight, not information, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ English Professor Charles LaPorte dissects “Dover Beach.â€� Focusing on the inconsistencies of rhythm and rhyme of the poem, LaPorte demonstrates how we can use close reading to study any…