Alexander Pope

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May 21, 1688 in London, England, The United Kingdom

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May 30, 1744

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Poetry

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Alexander Pope is generally regarded as the greatest English poet of the eighteenth century, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. He is the third most frequently quoted writer in the English language, after Shakespeare and Tennyson. Pope was a master of the heroic couplet.

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Average rating: 3.57 · 4,157 ratings · 162 reviews · 716 distinct works

	The Rape of the Lock 3.47 avg rating — 2,311 ratings — published 1717 — 40 editions	My rating:
	The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems 3.53 avg rating — 367 ratings — published 1988 — 21 editions	My rating:
	Essay on Man and Other Poems by Alexander Pope, Stanley Appelbaum (Editor), Dover Thrift Editions 3.56 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 1969 — 2 editions	My rating:
	An Essay on Criticism 3.64 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 1711 — 25 editions	My rating:
	The Poems of Alexander Pope: A reduced version of the Twickenham Text by Alexander Pope, John Ball (Editor), John Butt (Editor) 3.78 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1883 — 47 editions	My rating:
	The Major Works by Alexander Pope, Pat Rogers (Editor) 3.77 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Pope: An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope, Frank Brady (Editor) 3.45 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 1965 — 58 editions	My rating:
	The Dunciad 3.51 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1966 — 26 editions	My rating:
	Selected Poetry 3.83 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1964 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Poetry and Prose of Alexander Pope by Alexander Pope, Aubrey Williams 3.92 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1933	My rating:

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“To err is human, to forgive, divine.”
― Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism

tags: failure , forgiveness , humanity , mistakes

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“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
― Alexander Pope

tags: disappointment , expectations , hope

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“How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;”
― Alexander Pope

tags: innocence

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