Exercises about Eliot's essay

II

Lines 1-2: the English language is the richest for poetry.

Lines 3-10 this doesn't mean that England has produced the greatest poets or amount of poetry.

lines 11-14: English is the richest language for poetry because it has the largest vocabulary.

Lines 14-29 the richness is due to the variety of elements of which English made of:
a)Germanic foundation,
b)Scandivian elements caused of Danish conquest,
c)Norman-French elements caused of Norman conquest,
d) French influences,
e)words coined from Latin,
f) Celtic.

Lines 29-40: the English language is also rich in its rhythmic variety. The elements are:
a)Saxon verse,
b) rhythm of Norman French,
c) rhythm of Welsh,
d)influence of Latin and Greek poetry,
e)possibility of refreshment in actually days.

Lines 41-44: English is a good language for poetry because it is derived from so many linguistic sources.

Lines 44-48: England has not necessarily produced the greatest poetry.

Lines 49-51: it is generally thought that the greatest peoples excel in one art. Examples:
a)Italy and French in painting,
b) Germany in music,
c) England in poetry.

Lines 52-68: this is not correct because:
a)no art has ever been the exclusive possession of any one country,
b)some country equal others in the same art.
Example: the French tradition enter in contacts with English.

Lines 68-76: a nation which leads in particular art form in a particularly period does not necessarily produce the greatest artist. Example: Goethe greatness isn't in the poetry, but in the total work who he does.

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.

Lines 86-99: the ability of European literature to renew itself depends on two factors: a)ability to receive and assimilate influence, b)ability to go back and learn from its own resource.

III
a) The personal pronoun I refers always to the author.
b) The pronoun you don't refers to the same people: in the line 18 is used to indicate the German people, in the other occasion to indicate general peoples or the readers.

IV
I think, I do not mean, I simply say, I wish.

V
a) The essayist addresses to Germany's peoples.
b)The opinion are put forward by Eliot
c) The intention is argument the thesis that English language is richest to write poetry
d) He substantiated his thesis with examples.