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)
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