1) According to T.S. Eliot, a poet must be impersonal and objective like a scientist. A poet's emotions and passions should be depersonalized and the poetry should not be an expression of their personality. 2) Eliot believes there are two constituents that go into making a poem - the personal elements of the poet's feelings and emotions, and the impersonal elements of tradition. A poet can achieve impersonality by surrendering to the work and acquiring a sense of tradition. 3) Eliot opposed views that a poet's worth is judged by their personal impressions and feelings. He advocated for impersonal criticism focused on the poetry itself rather than the poet.

1.  Name : Makwana Daksha D.
 Course : M.A (English)
 Semester : 2
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 Enrollment no : 2069108420180034
 Paper : 7 - Literary Criticism : IndianWestern
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 Submitted To : Smt. S. B. Gardi Department of
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3.  According to Eliot emotions in poetry must be
depersonalized.
 The poet’s emotions and passions must be
depersonalized : he must be as impersonal and
objective as a scientist . The personality of the
artist is not important , important thing is his sense
of tradition.
 “ Honest criticism and sensitive appreciation is
directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry.”

4. According to Eliot two kinds of constituents go into
the making of a poem,
1. The personal elements : the feelings and the
emotions of the poet.
2. The impersonal elements : The tradition
Impersonality can be achieved only when poet
surrenders himself , he should acquires a sense of
tradition , the historical sense , which makes him
conscious , not only of the present but also of the
present moments of the past, not only of what is done
, but of what is already living.

5. WORDSWORTH ELIOT

6.  Poet must be impersonal and objective as a
scientist.
 There is a always a difference between the
artistic emotion and the personal emotion of
the poet.
 Eliot speaks of john Keats..
 The difference between art and emotion is
always absolute.

7. Eliot opposed Coleridge
who says that a worth
of a poet is judged by
his personal
impressions and
feelings.
Eliot says that
Impressionism is not a
safe guide. Comparison
and analysis are the
important tools for a
critic.

8.  Scientific chemical reaction
 So3 + H2o = H2so4
 Eliot explains that catalyst when two gases oxygen
and sulphur dioxide are mixed in the presence of
a filament of a platinum , they form sulfuric acid.
 The mind of the poet is the shred of a platinum.
Poet’s mind also remains unaffected mind that
records everything. Eliot said that “ The mind who
suffers and the mind who creates are different . “
 Emotion and feeling - catalyst

9.  Thus , The poet’s personality is merely a
medium, having the same significance as a
catalyst agent , or a receptacle in which
chemical reaction takes place . That’s why…
 “ The Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion ,
but an escape from emotion, it is not the
expression of personality , but an escape from
personality. “
 The emotion of art.

10.  So we can say that poetry should be
impersonal , the emotion of art is impersonal
and the poet can not reach this impersonality
without surrendering himself wholly to the
work,