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A study of Philip Sidney and his literary creations including his criticism work titled The Defence of Poesy(1595). Sir Philip Sidney was a prominent poet, courtier, and scholar of the Elizabethan period in England. He was born in the year 1554 as the eldest son of Sir Henry Sidney and Lady Mary Dudley.He became one … Read more
“Poetry as criticism of life” and Functions of poetry and criticism by Mathew Arnold and his Touchstone Method This well known statement; “Poetry is criticism of life” is given by the twentieth century’ ‘first modern critic’ and English poet Mathew Arnold in his essay titled Study of Poetry; the same essay in which he has … Read more
“If poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree it had better not come at all” Ode to a Nightingale is a famous poem written in the form of an ode; lyrical poem structured in three major parts namely ‘strophe’ the ‘antistrophe’ and the ‘epode’ by celebrated english poet John Keats … Read more