Dryden separated thought from feeling Language became refined but feelings turned crude This division shaped later poets deeply Rise of Prose And Reason Their influence pushed poetry toward prose qualities Their verse had regularity logic and balance Eliot says that later poets gained refined language but lost sensibility As a result emotion and imagination grew weak in poetry Impact on Later Ages Poets like Gray Johnson and Goldsmith followed them They wrote polished verse but lacked deep passion Eliot remarks The feeling expressed in the Country Churchyard is cruder than that in the Coy Mistress Even Tennyson and Browning showed this separation of thought and feeling In short Milton and Dryden gave English poetry strength style and discipline Yet their impact produced a lasting dissociation of thought and emotion Eliot shows that later poets became less complete because of their powerful but limiting influence nbsp