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Matthew Arnold

English Poet Matthew Arnold
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Matthew Arnold was a well-known English poet and a cultural critic who was born on 24th December 1822. He worked as an inspector of schools. He was always considered as a sage writer; he wrote on contemporary social issues. He worked for forty-five years. He was the eldest son in the family. He was tutored by his uncle, who was a clerk, John Buckland, in Laleham. He resided in a holiday home in the Lake District. He had written poems for magazines and even won school awards. The poem he won the prize for was printed in the Rugby. In 1840, at the age of 17, he went to Balliol College, Oxford. In 1841 he won a scholarship and graduated in 1844, in B.A. Arnold was elected as the professor of poetry in 1857, at Oxford. He is sometimes known as the third great Victorian poet, along with Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Robert Browning. He was aware of his place in poetry. His poems got a lot of criticism in means of society, religion, and literature. He was the best at his work and his poems had the air of an iconic and urbane scholar. He had six children. He died in 1888, due to heart failure, while he was going to meet his daughter.

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