Alexander Pope
English Augustan poet
Alexander Pope was an eighteenth-century English poet, considered the foremost verse satirist in the language.
His works include *The Rape of the Lock*, *The Dunciad*, and his translations of Homer.
Pope mastered the heroic couplet and produced quotable lines that have entered common speech: Hope springs eternal, A little learning is a dangerous thing, To err is human, to forgive divine.
Rhymed pentameter pair
- coupletTwo successive verse lines
- versificationComposing in meter
- meterDevice that measures usage
- iambicVerse rhythm type
pentameter · verse · rhyme · stanza · enjambment · diction · imagery · metaphor
Harsh public mockery
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- witClever, inventive humor
- parodySatirical imitation
ridicule · social commentary · critique · burlesque · spoof · mock-epic · Grub Street · dunces
Mock-epic about stolen hair
- HomerAncient Greek epic composer
- mock-heroicSatirizing epic conventions
- epistleFormal literary letter
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
Of Rome's founding emperor
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- reasonBasis or justification
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- decorumFitting social conduct
proportion · symmetry · harmony · unity · order · imitation · ancients · Virgil
England's rugby union venue
- CatholicPapal church adherent
- disabilityImpairment affecting life activities
- spinal curvatureAbnormal bend in backbone
- self-taughtEducated without instructors
grotto · garden design · Addison · Swift · correspondence · letters · outsider
heroic couplet
Rhymed pentameter pair
- coupletTwo successive verse lines
- versificationComposing in meter
- meterDevice that measures usage
iambic · pentameter · verse · rhyme · stanza · enjambment · diction · imagery · metaphor · alliteration
lampoon
Harsh public mockery
parody · ridicule · social commentary · critique · burlesque · spoof · mock-epic · Grub Street · dunces · folly
The Rape of the Lock
Mock-epic about stolen hair
- HomerAncient Greek epic composer
- mock-heroicSatirizing epic conventions
- epistleFormal literary letter
Augustan
Of Rome's founding emperor
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- reasonBasis or justification
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
decorum · proportion · symmetry · harmony · unity · order · imitation · ancients · Virgil · Horace
Twickenham
England's rugby union venue
- CatholicPapal church adherent
- disabilityImpairment affecting life activities
- spinal curvatureAbnormal bend in backbone
self-taught · grotto · garden design · Addison · Swift · correspondence · letters · outsider
- Classical TranslatorsErasmus
- British LiteratureShakespeare, Dickens, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Austen
- British AuthorsCharles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, Roald Dahl
- poetspoet, Homer, Dante, Milton, Emily Dickinson
- 1700s WritersJonathan Swift, Voltaire, Samuel Richardson, Daniel Defoe, Ann Radcliffe
- 18th Century Witsatire, irony, parody, wit, epigrams
Alexander PopeWilliam Wordsworth
Walt Whitman · Romantic poetry · Percy Bysshe Shelley · John Keats · William Blake
Alexander PopeWilliam Wordsworth
Robert Burns · spontaneity · originality · nature poetry · the sublime
Alexander PopeLord Byron
Romantic period English poet
Ernest Hemingway · Jack London · Wilfred Owen · man of action