Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope was an influential English poet from the late 1600s and early 1700s who became one of the most important literary figures of his time. His witty, precisely crafted verses—including famous works like "An Essay on Criticism" and "The Rape of the Lock"—shaped how English poetry was written and read for generations.
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- Born
- 21 May 1688
- Died
- 30 May 1744
- Works
- 1254
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- Stowe, the gardens of the Right Honourable Richard Lord Viscount Cobham
- The works of Alexander Pope, esq
- An essay on man
- Shakespear
- The Dunciad, variorvm
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Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744) was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. He is the third-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson. Pope is famous for his use of the heroic couplet. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alexander+Pope">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 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. An exponent of Augustan literature, Pope is best known for his satirical and discursive poetry including An Essay on Criticism (1711), The Rape of the Lock (1712–1717), The Dunciad (1728–1743), and for his translations of Homer.
Pope is often quoted in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, some of his verses having entered common parlance (e.g. "damning with faint praise" or "to err is human; to forgive, divine").
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