Classic to Modern English Literature

Q : Critically explain the Wit and Nature of Pope ’s “Esssay on Criticism. ” An Essay on Criticism is one of the first major poems written by the English writer Alexander Pope (1688–1744), published in 1711 when the author was 22 years old. It is the source of the famous quotations " To err is human; to forgive, divine ", "A little learning is a dang'rous thing " (frequently misquoted as " A little knowledge is a dang'rous thing "), and " Fools rush in where angels fear to tread ". The criticism of nature and wit often explores how natural elements and human intellect are portrayed and judged in literature or philosophy. It critiques the balance between the raw beauty of nature and the sophisticated, sometimes flawed, expressions of wit, emphasizing their respective roles in shaping human experience and understanding. " Nature " and "Wit," and by which he projects, if not a unified critical argument, a unified

 Alexander Pope's most striking achievements, a work of authentic power, both tragic and comic is "Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot" which was written in the eighteenth century. It poem was first published in January 1735. The poem is a satirical poem in which Pope defends his literary career against his critics. He attacks his enemies and rivals, and he offers a portrait of himself as a man of integrity and independence. The importance of hypocrisy and corruption satire has been faced in the poem. The poem also reflects Pope's personal rivalries with other writers, such as Lord Hervey and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.  The poem, "Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot" contains four hundred nineteen lines, and it is a Heroic couplets (iambic pentameter with a rhyming couplet at the end of each line). AA BB CC DD is followed in the poem as the rhyming sequences. It expresses, "satire, friendship, fame, criticism, integrity."  "Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot" was first