1) table notice

statement (lines 1, 2)                      the English language is the richest for poetry.

qualification of statement                this doesn't mean that England has produced the greatest poets or amount

(lines 3-10)                                      of poetry

clarification (lines 11, 14)                English is the richest language for poetry because it has the largest

                                                         vocabulary.

supporting statement +

examples (lines 14, 29)                    This richness is due to the variety of elements of which English is made of:

                                                         a) Germanic foundation

                                                         b) Scandinav elements

                                                         c) Norman French elements

                                                         d) Celtic elements

                                                        e) new words coined from the Latin

further clarification +

example (lines 29, 40)                   The English language is also rich in its rhythmic variety. The elements are:

                                                       a) Rhythm of Saxon verse

                                                       b) Rhythm of the Norman French

                                                       c) Rhythm of the Welsh

                                                       d) the influence of generation of study of Latin and Greek poetry.

first restatement                           English is a good language for poetry because it is derived from so many

(lines 41, 44)                                linguistic sources

second restatement                       England han not necessarily produced th greatest poets.
(lines 44, 48)

statement + example                   It is generally though that the greatest peoples excel in one art. Examples:
(lines 49, 51)                               a) Italy and French in painting

                                                     b) Germany in music

                                                     c) England in poetry

refutation + example                   This is not correct because:

(lines 52, 68)                               a) the arts have necer been the exclusive possession of any one country of

                                                         Europe

                                                     b) there have been periods in wich some other country than England has been

                                                         the maior influence in poetry.

further refutation +                  A nation which leads in a particulary art from in a particulary period does not

example (lines 68, 76)             necessarily produce the greatest artists. Example: during the Romantic period in

                                                 England no English poet contemporary with Wordworth, one of the greatest

                                                 exponet of English Romantic poetry, can enter into comparison with Goethe, one

                                                 of the greatest exponet of Romantic poetry in Europe.

statement (lines 77, 86)         No European nation would have accomplished what it has, as far as culture is

                                                concerned, if other countries had not developed the same art forms.

statement (lines 86,99)           The ability of European literature to renew itself depends on two factors:

                                                 a) the ability to receive and assimilate influences from abroad

                                                 b) the ability to go back and learn from its own sources

III

a) I refers to the same person: the author.

b) in line 18, you refers to the German nationality and remarks the difference between German poetry (you) and English poetry (we); in line 41, you refers to the audience.

IV

Verbs used in the text to express opinion: to mean, to maintain, to think, to venture.