Alexander Pope Poems

by Alexander Pope

A series featuring a contemporary poet selecting and introducing a poet of the past. It, by choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions expressed in prefaces, offers insights into the poets' own work as well as providing an introduction to some of the greatest poets of literature.

Genres: Poetry, Classics

288 pages, Hardcover

Published June 7, 2018

About the author

People 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.

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Reviews

[Ulysse · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ottantaquattro

There was a wise Hunchback called Pope
Who gazed on the World and said: nope
I shan't be such a Fool
As to go to your School
For the Ass and the Dunce and the Dope

A sinistra... / A destra...


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[Henrik Haapala · Rating 5 out of 5]

”A little learning is a dangerous thing.
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring;
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
and drinking largely sobers us again.”

[Gilbert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Entertaining! Especially The Dunciad.

[Rachel Earling-Hopson (Misse Mouse) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the satire of Pope! He and Voltaire are amongst my faves.