Discuss
to what extent Arnold's definition of poetry as "the criticism of
life" applicable to Arnold's The
Scholar Gipsy.
Matthew Arnold is the greatest elegiac poet in the world of poetry. His
most famous elegiac poems are‘The Scholar Gipsy’, ‘Thyrsis’, and ‘Dover
Beach’. His elegiac poetry is more than a mere expression of sorrow.
His poetry invariably becomes reflective and philosophical. Poetry, according
to Matthew Arnold, is a criticism of
life.
In ‘The Scholar Gipsy’ Arnold presents a
detailed criticism of life of the Victorians. In the poem, the poet laments the
life of the modern men who have no fixed purpose in life. They are fully
materialistic and have very little faith in religion. They always run after
money and spend all their energies on a thousand
schemes. They cannot stick to anything for long. They are like
rolling stones that gather no moss. As a result they receive a series of shocks
and lose vitality of mind. They grow old and feeble going through many ups and
down in course of their lives. They go through joys and sorrows of life, which
has a tiring effect on them. They undertake too many works and do not attain
fruition in any of them. Frustrations and disappointments are always in store for them. Thus, Arnold portrays
modern life as a diseased one....................
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