Essay on Man and Other PoemsCourier Corporation, 27 apr 2012 - 112 pagina's Considered the preeminent verse satirist in English, Alexander Pope (1688-1744) brought wide learning, devastating wit and masterly technique to his poems. Models of clarity and control, they exemplified the classical poetics of the Augustan age. This volume contains a rich selection of Pope's work, including such well-known poems as the title selection — a philosophical meditation on the nature of the universe and man's place in it — and "The Rape of the Lock," a mock-epic of rare charm and skill. Also included are "Ode on Solitude," "The Dying Christian to His Soul," "Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady," "An Essay on Criticism," "Epigram Engraved on the Collar of a Dog," "Epistle [IV] to Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington: Of the Use of Riches," "Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot; or, Prologue to the Satires" and more. Taken together, these poems offer an excellent sampling of Pope's imaginative genius and the felicitous blending of word, idea and image that earned him a place among the leading lights of 18th-century literature. |
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... things , one knows not what to call , Their generation's so equivocal : To tell them would a hundred tongues require , Or one vain wit's , that might a hundred tire . But you who seek to give and merit fame , And justly bear a critic's ...
... things , one knows not what to call , Their generation's so equivocal : To tell them would a hundred tongues require , Or one vain wit's , that might a hundred tire . But you who seek to give and merit fame , And justly bear a critic's ...
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... thing ; Drink deep , or taste not the Pierian spring : 3 There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain , And drinking largely sobers us again . Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts , In fearless youth we tempt the height of ...
... thing ; Drink deep , or taste not the Pierian spring : 3 There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain , And drinking largely sobers us again . Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts , In fearless youth we tempt the height of ...
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... thing they call a thought , A needless Alexandrine ends the song , That , like a wounded snake , drags its slow length along . Leave such to tune their own dull rhymes , and know What's roundly smooth , or languishingly slow ; And ...
... thing they call a thought , A needless Alexandrine ends the song , That , like a wounded snake , drags its slow length along . Leave such to tune their own dull rhymes , and know What's roundly smooth , or languishingly slow ; And ...
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Inhoudsopgave
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The Rape of the Lock 17121714 | 23 |
Essay on Man 17331734 | 45 |
To Richard Boyle Earl of Burlington 1731 | 79 |
Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot 1735 | 85 |
Engraved on the Collar of a Dog | 97 |
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
ALEXANDER POPE alike ancient angels Bavius beauty Belinda blessing blest bliss breast breath Catiline creatures critics Dæmons e'er Earl of Burlington earth ease Epistle Essay on Criticism eyes fair fame fate faults fix'd fools gives glory gnome grace hair hand happiness head heart Heaven honour John Dennis judge kings knave laws learn'd learning live lock lord maid man's mankind mind mortal mourn Muse Nature Nature's ne'er never numbers nymph o'er once pain Parnassian Parnassus parterre passions pleased pleasure POEMS poet Pope praise pride proud Queen rage reason rise rules Sappho self-love sense shade shine smiles soft soul spirits spleen spread sprites sylphs taste taught tears Thalestris thee things thou trembling true truth Umbriel vanity vice virtue Walt Whitman weak whate'er whole wings wise write