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Alexander Pope


Born
in London, England
May 21, 1688

Died
May 30, 1744

Genre
Poetry

Influences
John Arbuthnot, William Shakespeare, Homer ...more


People best remember The Rape of the Lock (1712) and The Dunciad (1728), satirical mock-epic poems of English writer Alexander Pope.

Ariel, a sylph, guards the heroine of The Rape of the Lock of Alexander Pope.


People generally regard Pope as the greatest of the 18th century and know his verse and his translation of Homer. After William Shakespeare and Alfred Tennyson, he ranks as third most frequently quoted in the language. Pope mastered the heroic couplet.

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Average rating: 3.73 · 36,064 ratings · 1,820 reviews · 2,242 distinct works • Similar authors
The Rape of the Lock
3.54 avg rating — 17,093 ratings — published 1717 — 241 editions
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An Essay on Man
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3.70 avg rating — 1,846 ratings — published 1734 — 425 editions
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An Essay On Criticism
3.78 avg rating — 1,500 ratings — published 1711 — 211 editions
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Rape of the Lock and Other ...
3.63 avg rating — 841 ratings — published 1717 — 86 editions
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Eloisa to Abelard
4.20 avg rating — 485 ratings — published 1717 — 26 editions
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Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus
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3.55 avg rating — 392 ratings — published 1741 — 15 editions
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The Dunciad
3.38 avg rating — 403 ratings — published 1743 — 166 editions
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The Major Works
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3.89 avg rating — 338 ratings — published 1751 — 14 editions
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The Poems of Alexander Pope
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Selected Poetry
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“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
― Alexander Pope
tags: beatitudes, disappointment, expectations, hope
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“To err is human, to forgive, divine.”
― Alexander Pope, An Essay On Criticism
tags: failure, forgiveness, humanity, mistakes
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“How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d”
― Alexander Pope, Eloisa to Abelard
tags: innocence
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