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1. Alexander Pope - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pope
Description: webAlexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 30 May 1744) 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.
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2. Alexander Pope | English Poet, Satirist & Essayist | Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Pope-English-author
Description: webMar 8, 2024 · Alexander Pope poet and satirist of the English Augustan period, best known for his poems An Essay on Criticism (1711), The Rape of the Lock (1712–14), The Dunciad (1728), and An Essay on Man (1733–34). He is one of the most epigrammatic of …
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3. Alexander Pope | Poetry Foundation
Link: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/alexander-pope
Description: webThe acknowledged master of the heroic couplet and one of the primary tastemakers of the Augustan age, British writer Alexander Pope was a central figure in the Neoclassical movement of the early 18th century. He is known for having perfected the rhymed couplet form of his idol, John Dryden, and turned it to satiric and philosophical purposes.
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4. Biography of Alexander Pope, England's Most Quoted Poet
Link: https://www.thoughtco.com/alexander-pope-4766989
Description: webAug 28, 2019 · Alexander Pope (May 21, 1688 – May 30, 1744) is one of the best-known and most-quoted poets in the English language. He specialized in satirical writing, which earned him some enemies but helped his witty language endure for centuries. Fast Facts: Alexander Pope. Occupation: Poet, satirist, writer.
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5. The Best Alexander Pope Poems Everyone Should Read
Link: https://interestingliterature.com/2022/01/the-best-alexander-pope-poems/
Description: webAlexander Pope (1688-1744) is one of the leading poets of the Augustan era in English literature, named in honour of the Roman emperor Augustus, because Augustan writers sought to return to the values embodied by classical poets from the time of Augustus’ reign.
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6. About Alexander Pope | Academy of American Poets
Link: https://poets.org/poet/alexander-pope
Description: webAlexander Pope died at Twickenham, surrounded by friends, on May 30, 1744. Since his death, Pope has been in a constant state of reevaluation. His high artifice, strict prosody, and, at times, the sheer cruelty of his satire were an object of derision for the Romantic poets of the nineteenth century.
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7. An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope | Poetry Foundation
Link: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69379/an-essay-on-criticism
Description: webIntroduction. Alexander Pope, a translator, poet, wit, amateur landscape gardener, and satirist, was born in London in 1688. He contracted tuberculosis of the bone when he was young, which disfigured his spine and purportedly …