LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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Question
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Who said this “Poetry is the Criticism of life”:
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Byron
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T. S. Eliot
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Arnold
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None of these
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Matthew Arnold, famous English poet and critic, had a peculiar perception that only the art of poetry has the worthiness to sustain a culture or civilization through its beauty and truth as he asserts, ‘Poetry is the criticism of life’ or in simple words, poetry deals with life and reflects life.
Detailed explanation-2: -By “criticism of life” he meant “noble and profound application of ideas to life.” It means that poetry is not for affording pleasure and creating beauty. It must have a high deal. This ideal is to present life in such a way that it may illumine us and inspire us.
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