What do you think of this sentence? anything wrong? is it written in a good English?

Question

"Poetry has been regarded as something central to each man's existence, something having unique value to the fully realized life, something that he is better off for having and spiritually impoverished without" What "fully realized life" is supposed to mean here. Thanks a lot

Answer 1

The sentence is in perfect English. Fully realized means that if someone has lived life, fully, in all the aspects he could, its only then, in comparison to other things, that he would recognize the true value of poetry.

If you feel you cant explain certain stuffs, just do like me; try explaining it in context.

Answer 2

"Fully realized life" would mean having taken full advantage of the opportunities for full enjoyment of the brief period we have on earth. Whether poetry has unique value central to each man's existence, however, is arguable. It's actually one of a variety of means for doing the same thing, which is communicating ideas and feelings in an intelligible and satisfactory manner. You couldn't do without that process if you tried, but you could do without some of the forms involved and never know the difference.

Answer 3

The English is good. Some persons might object to using the word "man's," because presumably the same applies to women. "Fully realized" means the full benefit or potential gotten out of. For example: "There are millions of dollars in gold in that mine, but we'll have to work hard to realize all that."

Answer 4

The sentence is over long and pretentious.
Whoever wrote it should be stood up against a wall and shot.

Answer 5

I don't consider this good writing. The sentence is too long and difficult to parse. I would have rewritten it as several shorter sentences.

Answer 6

No there is nothing wrong with your sentence however, your question is a gramatical mess. lol