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The Rape of the Lock

by Alexander Pope

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The Rape of the Lock Comparative Analysis Questions (The Rape of the Lock vs. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard)

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The Rape of the Lock

Pope's style is deliberately epic and grandiose, through the use of heroic couplets and antique subject matter. This serves to emphasise both the importance of the trivial events that Pope is...

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The Rape of the Lock

"The Rape of the Lock" and "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" are both long poems written in the eighteenth century. Aside from this basic description, almost everything about them is different....

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