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... earlier poems , the texture of the Dunciad is richer and denser , the action more complex , and the wit more massive . So Pope created a style that reflects these differences in several subtle and complex modifications of his couplet ...
... earlier poems , the texture of the Dunciad is richer and denser , the action more complex , and the wit more massive . So Pope created a style that reflects these differences in several subtle and complex modifications of his couplet ...
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... earlier ending of Book III to the end of Book IV , the famous ending in which many think Pope wrote his noblest poetry . We must not forget , however , that the ending of the 1743 version is a revised version of the 1729 ending , and ...
... earlier ending of Book III to the end of Book IV , the famous ending in which many think Pope wrote his noblest poetry . We must not forget , however , that the ending of the 1743 version is a revised version of the 1729 ending , and ...
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... earlier poems ; and though his antithetic parallels are still at work , they are not as closely confined in separate couplets as earlier , and are subordinated to the designs of the enclosing passages . Balance , with its sharp ...
... earlier poems ; and though his antithetic parallels are still at work , they are not as closely confined in separate couplets as earlier , and are subordinated to the designs of the enclosing passages . Balance , with its sharp ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Pastorals 1709 | 17 |
An Essay on Criticism 1711 | 45 |
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