The following essay was written by T.S.Eliot . It was originally written as one of a series of talks broadcast to Germany after the 2^nd World War. Right from the start the essayist introduced his thesis according to which English is the richest for purposes of writing poetry. Eliot immediately qualifies his statement in order to avoid misapprehensions.  As a matter of fact he underlines that he didn’t mean that England had produced the greatest poets or amount of poetry.  He also reports the names of great poets (Dante ,Milton , Shakeseare ) in order to reinforce his starting statement. Thereafter Eliot starts  giving clarifications highlighting that the English language is the richest for the poetry because it has the largest vocabulary and his richness is due to the variety of elements of which English is made of: Germanic foundation, Scandinavian element, Norman French element , French influences ,celtic element and Latin element.  Besides,  English language is also rich in its rhytmic variety that is made of by different metrical elements ( the rhytm of Saxon verse, of Norman French the rhytm of welsh), by the influence of generations of study of Latin and Greek poetry and by the constant possibilities of refreshment.  After these explanations,Eliot  resumes his starting statement adding that English is a good language for poetry because it is derived from so many linguistic sources but this characteristic doesn’t impliy that English has produces the greatest poets.  The essayist re- underlines his previous statements in order to persuade his audience to accept his point of view. Afterwards Eliot focuses the reader’s attention on who is a great poet: a great poet is someone that makes the most the language in order to create something remarkable.  After that the essayist introduces a statement in which underlines that is generally thought that the greatest peoples excel in one art but it’s not correct because no art has ever been the exclusive possession of any one country in europe and there have been periods in which some other country than England has taken the lead in poetry.  Eliot also gives some examples in order to explain his statement as a matter of fact, he says that in the final years of the eighteenth century the romantic movement in English poetry dominated, but in the second half of the nineteenth century the greatest contribution to English poetry was made by France. Goethe was the greater man during romantic movement that excelled in England.