An Essay on Criticism
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This edition of An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope comes with introductory and explanatory notes. It includes a sketch of Pope's life, giving his birth in London on May 21, 1688, his home at Twickenham, and his works including the Dunciad and the Essay on Man. He died in 1744.
The poem is in rhymed verse. One passage asks what wit is, saying it is admired and hard to keep, hated by fools, and like a flower that blooms and dies. Another passage is about colours that melt into light and shade and then fade. The notes are keyed by line number and explain names the poem mentions, including Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Petronius and Quintilian.
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Book facts
- Author
- Alexander Pope
- Reading time
- About 40 minutes
- Pages
- 31
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Classical Poetry
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- PDF, EPUB, Read online