a-Germanic fundation b-Scandinavian element c-Norman French d-new words from Latin e-Celtic

a-Saxon verse b-Norman French c-Welsh d-Latin,Greek e-Welshmen,Scots and Irishmen

a-Italy and France in painting b-Germany in music c-England in poetry

a-no art has ever been the exclusive possession of any one country in Europe b-have never been periods in which some other country has taken the lead of poetry

Comparison with Goethe

a-recive and assimilate influences from abroad b-go back and learn from its own sources