AGES ERA PERIOD
RESTORATION AND 18TH CENTURY
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Question
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To err is human, to forgive divine
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Let not the sun go down upon your wrath
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A little learning is a dangerous thing
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
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Detailed explanation-1: -Alexander Pope, (born May 21, 1688, London, England-died May 30, 1744, Twickenham, near London), poet and satirist of the English Augustan period, best known for his poems An Essay on Criticism (1711), The Rape of the Lock (1712–14), The Dunciad (1728), and An Essay on Man (1733–34).
Detailed explanation-2: -Mr. Pope’s nickname was “the Wasp of Twickenham” because of his stinging attacks on famous people of the time. The Dunciad, for example, makes fun of anyone on the wrong side of Mr. Pope.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was poet Oliver Goldsmith who first designated the early 18th century, as the Augustan Age. The age has also been called the Age of Pope.
Detailed explanation-4: -“The Rape of the Lock” Alexander Pope wrote this mock epic in order to satirize English aristocracy in general and a specific event between two prominent Catholic families. He wrote it in mock epic style, so he satirizes one of the great literary genres, the epic poem.