According to T. S. Eliot, the he English language is the richest language for poetry. This does not mean it is the language that has produced the greatest poets, but its greateness is due  to its largest vocabulary.

It is also due to the variety of its elements like: the Germanic foundation, the Scandinavian one and its Norman French constituent, to the new words from Latin that  developed after 16^th-century as wella s by its Celtic elements. For this reason the language is also rich in its rhythmic variety: first of all there is the  rhythm of Saxon verse, of Norman French, of Welsh and the influence of the study of Latin and Greek. Besides, its refreshment from its several centres also represents a wealth.

It is also a good language because it is derived from different linguistic sources. It  has not necessarily produced the most famous poets: in fact the thought is that only one country is the best for art, music or poetry, but this idea is not correct. For instance the Romantic movement dominated in English poetry during the 18^th-century, but in 19^th-century it dominated in France.

Besides,this does not mean that it produces the greatest artists because for example Goethe was German. This point underlines that art to be cultivated, has to develop with the influences of more different countries.

Thanks of this, European literature’s ability depends on two factors: receiving and assimilating influences from abroad and going back and learning its own sources.