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Wednesday, March 9

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 18 th Century England

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Wednesday, March 9

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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”

  4. 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

  5. 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.

  6. Essay on Man • Read for homework • Complete discussion questions (turn in tomorrow)

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