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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., Vol. 3
Excerpt from The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq.
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Epistle I. Of tbs knowledge and cbara? qf' Mm pistlb Of Me cbara?m of women Oftbc y]? G/'rxcuzs Of tbc q/' Rxcans 70 Mr. Add/bu, occafioued 6; bit on Menus.
- GenresPoetry
224 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1731
About the author
Alexander Pope
2,336 books703 followersPeople best remember
The Rape of the Lock
(1712) and
The Dunciad
(1728), satirical mock-epic poems of English writer Alexander Pope.
Ariel, a sylph, guards the heroine of The Rape of the Lock of Alexander Pope.
People generally regard Pope as the greatest of the 18th century and know his verse and his translation of Homer. After William Shakespeare and Alfred Tennyson, he ranks as third most frequently quoted in the language. Pope mastered the heroic couplet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...
Ariel, a sylph, guards the heroine of The Rape of the Lock of Alexander Pope.
People generally regard Pope as the greatest of the 18th century and know his verse and his translation of Homer. After William Shakespeare and Alfred Tennyson, he ranks as third most frequently quoted in the language. Pope mastered the heroic couplet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...
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March 25, 2013
It's Pope, so it has all the expected Popian charms, but it's not Pope at his most endearing. I'm glad to have rounded out my knowledge of his oeuvre, but I like him better when he has a larger scope.
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