The Dunciad—Book I—Verses 20, 37

Issue 4 of Working with Pope continues with the metrical analysis of The Dunciad. This issue looks at verses 20 and 37 from Book I.

Verse 20

19      O Thou! whatever title please thine ear,
20      Dean, Drapier, Bickerstaff, or Gulliver!

Verse 37

37      Hence Bards, like Proteus long in vain ty’d down,
38      Escape in Monsters, and amaze the town.