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Matthew Arnold was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. Arnold's most famous piece literary criticis is study of poetry. In this essay he discussed about the poetry. He believes that " poetry is criticism of life,governed by the law of poetic truth and poetic truth." idea of Matthew Arnold which I found interesting and relevant in this times. The idea I like the most is idea about the Matthew Arnold's criticism is the great principal of disinterestdness and detechment. Disinterestdness on the part of the critic implies freedom for all prejudice, personal  or historical. According to him crictic must must be free from all prejudice, personal or evan historical. This idea I like the most because when one crictic if he has his prejudice...