“Disinterestedness” is an indispensable feature of literary critics.b. The function of literary criticism is neither to find fault nor to display the critic’s own learning or influence, but to find and propagate the best which has been thought and said in the world.c. Arnold believed that “high seriousness” is the main characteristic that a poet should possess. He put great emphasis on the moral value of poetry.d. Regarding the content of poetry, Arnold held the view that “the eternal objects of poetry… are actions, human actions”, and that the poet is best at describing past events to please himself and others.