As a poet Arnold is generally admitted to rank among the Victorians next after Tennyson and Browning. The criticism‚ partly true‚ that he was not designed by Nature to be a poet but made himself one by hard work rests on his intensely‚ and at the outset coldly‚ intellectual and moral temperament. He himself‚ in modified Puritan spirit‚ defined poetry as a criticism of life; his mind was philosophic; and in his own verse‚ inspired by Greek poetry‚ by Goethe and Wordsworth‚ he realized his definition
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Poetry‚ which appeared in 1888 as the first entry of his Essays in Criticism‚ Second Series‚ presents Matthew Arnold’s case for the importance of poetry. According to Arnold‚ poetry is the criticism of life‚ “and the criticism of life will be of power in proportion as the poetry conveying it is excellent rather than inferior” (237). Arnold argues that the purpose of poetry is to interpret life‚ to explain meanings beyond our comprehension: “more and more mankind will discover that we have to turn to
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Matthew Arnold: Poems Summary and Analysis of "The Scholar-Gipsy" (1853) Summary The speaker of "The Scholar-Gipsy" describes a beautiful rural setting in the pastures‚ with the town of Oxford lying in the distance. He watches the shepherd and reapers working amongst the field‚ and then tells the shepherd that he will remain out there until sundown‚ enjoying the scenery and studying the towers of Oxford. All the while‚ he will keep his book beside him. His book tells the famous story by Joseph Glanvill
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Jacob Sunday Calotes BSCE-1 My Perception of Saint Arnold Janssen Saint Arnold Janssen‚ S.V.D. (November 5‚ 1837 – January 15‚ 1909) was a Roman Catholic priest and missionary‚ and is venerated as a saint. He is best known for founding the Society of the Divine Word‚ a Roman Catholic missionary religious congregation‚ also known as the Divine Word Missionaries‚ as well as two congregations for women. Janssen was born in Goch‚ in the Rhineland‚ Germany‚ not far from the Dutch
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that is but feigning; From tears‚ that bring no healing; From wild and weak complaining;-- Thine old strength revealing‚ Save‚ O‚ save! From doubt‚ where all is doable‚ Where wise men are not strong; Where comfort turns to trouble; Where just men suffer wrong; Where sorrow treads on joy; Where sweet things soonest cloy; Where faiths are built on dust; Where love is half mistrust‚ Hungry‚ and barren‚ and sharp as the sea; O‚ set us free! O‚ let the false dream fly Where our sick
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David Cano 3/1/2014 ENC1102 Arnold Friend = Devil? One of the big mysteries In Joyce Carol Oates’s “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚” Is Arnold Friend the devil or not. Arnold Friend portrays the devil in many ways. In the story‚ Arnold friend is the devil‚ he went to Connie’s house and tries to get her to go for a ride with him and his friend Elli Oscar so‚ he can rape and kill her. Arnold Friend is none other than the devil himself‚ which shows in his appearance‚ his speech‚ his
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The Palmer Raids were a series of raids by the United States Department of Justice intended to capture‚ arrest and deport radical leftists. The raids took place under the command of A. Mitchell Palmer‚ Attorney General of the United States from 1919 to 1921‚ in November 1919 and January 1920. The Palmer Raids occurred in the main basis of the Red Scare. During World War 1‚ there was a large nationwide campaign in the United States against the political loyalties of immigrants and ethnic groups.The
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classicism as well his views on grand poetic style . Arnold was classicist who loved art ‚ literature and Hellenic culture . His most famous piece of literary criticism is in his essay " The study of poetry ". In this workhe talks about poetry’s " high destiny " . He belives " mankind will discover that we have to turn poetry to interpret life for us ‚to console us ‚to sustain us " . Arnold lived in a materialistic world where advancement
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Arnold speech Well‚ thank you very much. (Applause) Hello‚ everybody. What a great introduction‚ what a wonderful thing. What a great‚ great welcome I’m getting here‚ so thank you very much. I mean‚ I haven’t heard applause like that since I announced that I was going to stop acting. (Applause) But anyway‚ it is really terrific to see here so many graduate students and undergraduate students graduating here today. I heard that there are 4‚500 graduating here today‚ undergraduate students‚ so this
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Claribel by Arnold Bennett. The General Slant of the Story. The Author’s Attitude to Love and the Institution of Marriage Honorable members of the examination board‚ the speech submitted to your consideration is devoted to the essence of love and the institution of marriage on the basis of the story “Claribel” written by Arnold Bennett. In my speech I’m to dwell upon the following points: firstly I give the definition of love‚ then I pass on to love in its various forms‚ after that I focus
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