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Wit and Nature of Esssay on Criticism - Alexander Pope

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

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