[124.] hies. Hastens (poetical).
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[130.] painter and musician too! Arnold held poetry to be equal to painting and music combined.
[140.] movement. Activities. Explained in the following lines.
[163-210.] Note carefully the argument used to prove that poetry interprets life more accurately and effectively than any of the other arts. Homer, the most renowned of all Greek poets. The time in which he lived is not definitely known. Shakespeare (1504-1616).
Give the setting of the story. What was the topic of conversation? What stand did the poet's friend take regarding poetry? Why turn to Greece in considering the arts? What limitations of the painter's art are pointed out by the poet? What is his attitude toward music? What finally is "the poet's sphere," l. 127? Wherein then is poetry superior to the other arts? Does the author prove his point by his poem? Discuss the poem as to movement, diction, etc.
[QUIET WORK][°]
No poet, not even Wordsworth, was more passionately fond of nature than Arnold. Note his attitude in the poem.
[1.] One lesson. What lesson?