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DRAMATISTS > poet, critic > Matthew Arnold
The difference between...
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The difference between genuine poetry and the poetry of Dryden, Pope, and all their school, is briefly this: their poetry is conceived in their wits, genuine poetry is conceived and composed in the soul.
Source: Essays in Criticism, Second Series, `Gray' (Quoting letter from Gray's friend, James Brown)
-- Matthew Arnold, (Dec 24 1822-1888), English poet, critic; He was an Oxford professor, known for his poem Dover Beach, 1853 and as a crusader for classicism.