MatthewArnoldBritishpoetandcritic.Hisfather,aformerrugbypublicschoolprincipals,andyouthhadgoodeducation.AftergraduationfromOxfordUniversity'sballiol,oncetaughtinrugbypublicschoolareshort.At25RenHuipartyleaderLordlansdowneprivatesecretary,afterthesuperintendentofeducation,whichwenttothecontinentinspectionsystemofeducation.In1857waselectedtotheOxfordUniversityprofessorofEnglishpoetryfor10years.Arnoldwaspublishedin1849,1852and1849,severalbooksofpoetry.Poetryisthemostfamiliartothereaders"color,","Doverbeach",thescholargypsy,"rugbychurch","thenightingale,"abandonedthemermaid"lyricpoetry,andshao'sleibnizandrostowepic.HeadmitshispoemslackofTennyson'sdeepfeelingsandnoBrowningtheheightofwisdom,andthusgiveupwritepoetrytoliterarycriticism.ButinVictorianpoet,Arnold'spoetryinthehumantobemorestrong.Aboutthecontentofthepoem,ArnoldinthecontextoftheevaluationofWordsworth,poemisthepoetto"criticism"oflife,thepoetshouldapplymoralvaluesinlife.Hemustbeamoralandeducationsignificanceofthepoem,repudiatedthedistortedlife,laughatlifeandpoetryofaestheticism.