Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope 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 liter
Portrait by Michael Dahl, c. 1727
1835 woodcut of "Pope's tree", under which Pope was believed to have composed several early poems
Mawson Arms, Chiswick Lane, with blue plaque to Pope
c. 1736 portrait of Pope attributed Jonathan Richardson
An Essay on Criticism
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An Essay on Criticism is one of the first major poems written by the English writer Alexander Pope, published in 1711. It is the source of the famous quotations "To err is human; to forgive, divine",
Alexander Pope
…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…
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