Excerpt from Essays in Criticism: The Study of Poetry; John Keats, Wordsworth IF the Apostle of Sweetness and Light be studied simply because he is the Apostle of Culture, he will be most help ful to the young people of this practical age, - this age in which the 'tendency is toward commercialism.' But add to this the strong points of the author's style, the delicacy of touch, the clear incisive analysis, the energy of purpose - with the gentle man behind it all, - the constant endeavor to stimulate to something higher and nobler, and the value of such study cannot be estimated.