8. What plan does Goldsmith recommend to remedy the evils of the present social system?
9. What is your judgment of the style of this poem?
10. Does Goldsmith's description ring true?
11. As an example of the influence of Classicism, compare it with Milton's "L'Allegro" and "Il Penseroso," IX, 110, of the Renaissance, and "The Cotter's Saturday Night," II, 343, of the Romantic Period.
FOR REFERENCE
"Goldsmith" ("English Men of Letters").—Black.
"Oliver Goldsmith" ("Bell's Miniature Series").—Buckland.
"Biographical Essays."—Macaulay.
"Story-Lives of Great Authors."—Rowbotham.