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Oscar Wilde even quipped that there were two ways of disliking poetry: one was to dislike it, and the other was to read Pope. But he’s an extraordinarily funny and sharp writer, whose wit is up there with Wilde’s. Below, we introduce some of Alexander Pope’s best poems. 1. ‘ Ode on Solitude ’.
The acknowledged master of the heroic couplet and one of the primary tastemakers of the Augustan age, British writer Alexander Pope was a central figure in the Neoclassical movement of the early 18th century. He is known for having perfected the rhymed couplet form of his idol, John Dryden, and turned it to satiric and philosophical purposes.
Eloisa to Abelard. By Alexander Pope. In these deep solitudes and awful cells, Where heav'nly-pensive contemplation dwells, And ever-musing melancholy reigns; What means this tumult in a vestal's veins? Why rove my thoughts beyond this last retreat? Why feels my heart its long-forgotten heat? Yet, yet I love!—From Abelard it came,
Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; Thus unlamented let me die; Steal from the world, and not a stone. Tell where I lie. Alexander Pope, "Ode on Solitude" from The Complete Poetical Works, ed. by Henry W. Boynton (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1903).
Alexander Pope. Alexander Pope remains a towering figure in English literature, celebrated for his mastery of heroic couplets and his satirical wit. A prominent figure of the Augustan Age, Pope's work reflects the period's emphasis on reason, order, and classical learning. He translated Homer's Iliad and Odyssey into English, further ...
Biography. Pope was born into a Catholic family in 1688, the year of The Glorious Revolution, when Catholics could not live in London – the centre of literary life – or attend university. At the age of twelve he contracted a tubercular disease of the spine which stunted his growth and ruined his health. Sir Joshua Reynolds later said: ‘He ...
Notable works. The Dunciad, The Rape of the Lock, An Essay on Criticism, his translation of Homer. Signature. Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. [1] – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century.
