Defense

While reading Sidney's The Defense of Poesy I was really interested in which words he used to convey his thoughts. for example in one line he said, "as i have just cause to make a pitiful defense of poor poetry, which from almost the highest estimation of learning is fallen to the laughing-stock of children..." i really liked how he used the words pitiful and poor because he then switches the tone by saying that poetry is one of the highest estimations of learning. to me it seems as if he is being very he is being satirical in saying that there really is nothing pitiful of poor in regards to poetry, i almost feel that because this is true of poetry and all forms of literature, yes even what some might consider trash, it can be stated that poetry does not need a defense, because it itself and only itself is defense enough. it is just like the poet (i can't remember his name for the life of me right now) who said that the poem's meaning is the poem, and i really liked that because i think it is all that Shelly and Sidney would have to do is claim that the defence of poetry lies within every poem, or any other piece of literature for that matter.