Category: Vol.1: Working with Pope
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The Rape of the Lock—Canto I
Ferrick Gray — This analysis uses the version from: The Twickenham Edition of the Poems of Alexander Pope General Editor: John Butt Volume II — The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems The Five Canto Version of 1714 Edited by Geoffrey Tillotson The Broadwater Press Ltd, 1963
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An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot
Ferrick Gray — In a similar fashion to other analyses, this review will only consider metrical variations in the verses. However, the common substitution of a trochee for an iamb at the start of a verse will not be analyze here. Some of Pope’s verses are what we call feminine, but I have not included all of them since many do not qualify…
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The Dunciad—Book I—Verses 46, 47
Ferrick Gray — Issue 5 of Working with Pope continues with the metrical analysis of The Dunciad. This issue looks at verses 46 and 47 from Book I.
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The Dunciad—Book I—Verses 20, 37
Ferrick Gray — 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.
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An Essay on Criticism
Ferrick Gray — This analysis is not exactly a critique, but in some ways it may well be. One would be daring to criticize a master such as Pope. However, this is about analyzing the metrical variations that Pope has employed in his work. In some instances, the verses do not seem to follow without…
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The Dunciad—Book I—Verses 15, 17
Ferrick Gray — Issue 2 of Working with Pope continues with the metrical analysis of The Dunciad. This issue looks at verses 15 and 17 from Book I.
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The Dunciad—Book I—Verses 11, 12
Ferrick Gray — Alexander Pope is a poet unsurpassed in skill, creativeness and wit. His expertise using what we may call the rimed couplet is beyond belief. His idol John Dryden also used this form, but Pope made it his own, and perfected it. No-one can dispute this fact.