Advertisement
Advertisement
Pope, Alexander
- An eighteenth-century English poet known for his satiric wit and insistence on the values of classicism in literature: balance, symmetry, and restraint. His best-known poems are “The Rape of the Lock,” “An Essay on Criticism,” and “An Essay on Man.”
Discover More
Example Sentences
Alexander Pope in the early 1700s was writing things like “He loses in less than eight days.”
From The Daily Beast
Alexander Pope died: the celebrated English poet and epistolary writer.
From Project Gutenberg
Reproduced in fac-simile of the author's handwriting, and illustrated with beautiful colored designs by Alexander Pope.
From Project Gutenberg
On the other hand, Alexander Pope's verse rendering has nothing Homeric about it.
From Project Gutenberg
Alexander Pope was still writing when Josiah was apprenticed and known already as a "fine thrower."
From Project Gutenberg
His human nature is of the kind that makes the nymphs and swains of Alexander Pope dull and artificial.
From Project Gutenberg
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse