The Study of Poetry | by Matthew Arnold | Touchstone Method | 3 Estimates | IRENE FRANCIS 

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Hello Sarita Historical estimate means to decide the value of a work based on its historical importance. Dryden and Pope have written excellent PROSE works. Poetry didnt reach to those standards. Still these poems are of a significant period in english literature (neo classical period). So we tend to assign high value to it. When we are evaluating their poetry based on the importance it has in history (neoclassical poems) that is a historical estimate. It is not based on a real estimate.

Hence if they are called "great POETS" then its based on the historic estimate. They are great prose writers

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Thanks a lot dear mam.I have a question that Can i answer any question based on this topic if i write down ur whole lecture in one paragraph.

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Example. There are works that are first of its kind. Like first gothic novel or first epistolary novel and so on. The value of such works is exaggerated by historical estimate because they are historically important and grouped into classics. But we forget that not all such works will be good enough to be grouped into classics.

The estimates and touchstone method are used to ANALYSE poems. If the question is about poetry, its enough to write about that. You can include Aristotle's idea of poetry, how Arnold agrees to that, about Arnold s stand on French poetry and how he classifies writers into classics and non classics ( its all based on his idea of high standard poetry). I would still suggest that you discuss it with your professor😊

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