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Alexander Pope


Born
in London, England
May 21, 1688

Died
May 30, 1744

Genre
Poetry

Influences
John Arbuthnot, William Shakespeare, Homer ...more


Alexander Pope (1688-1744) 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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3.55 avg rating — 15,491 ratings — published 1717 — 320 editions
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An Essay on Man
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3.68 avg rating — 1,691 ratings — published 1734 — 571 editions
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An Essay On Criticism
3.75 avg rating — 1,346 ratings — published 1711 — 184 editions
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Rape of the Lock and Other ...
3.62 avg rating — 816 ratings — published 1717 — 582 editions
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Eloisa to Abelard
4.18 avg rating — 382 ratings — published 1717 — 18 editions
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Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus
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3.54 avg rating — 374 ratings — published 1741 — 14 editions
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The Major Works
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3.86 avg rating — 320 ratings — published 1751 — 15 editions
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The Poems of Alexander Pope
3.99 avg rating — 303 ratings — published 1744 — 467 editions
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The Dunciad
3.37 avg rating — 350 ratings — published 1743 — 176 editions
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Selected Poetry
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“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
― Alexander Pope
tags: beatitudes, disappointment, expectations, hope
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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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“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, Eloisa to Abelard
tags: innocence
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