Wednesday, March 9 Age of Enlightenment: Alexander Pope Slavery w/Mr. Waterman Go over Unit 7 exam Homework:

Read Book 4, pages 95-103 Read “Essay on Man” and completed

discussion questions

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Poet of the Enlightenment and 18th Century England

Admirer of Newton Staunch neoclassicist

Created new translations of Iliad and Odyssey

Roman Catholic, self taught

Pope’s Poetry Essay on Man and

Rape of Locke are his two most famous pieces.

Essay on Man assesses Humankind’s place in the universal scheme

Evil is simply part of God’s plan.

“Whatever is, is right”

Pope’s Poetic Style Epigram

A short poem with a clever twist at the end or a concise and witty statement.

Here lies my wife; here let her lie!How she’s at rest – and so am I. John Dryden

I am His Highness’ dog at Kew;Pray tell me sir, whose dog are you? Alexander Pope

Poetic Style Continued Couplets

a pair of lines of verse. It consists of two lines that usually rhyme and have the same meter.

Iambic Pentameter has an unrhymed line with 5 iambs or feet.

Iambic means the stress is on the second syllable.

“Shall I/ compare/ thee to/ a sum/mer’s day?” Heroic Couplets

A pair of rhymed iambic pentameters lines that reach completion instructor and in sense at the end of the second line.

Essay on Man Read for homework Complete discussion questions (turn in

tomorrow)