AGES ERA PERIOD
RESTORATION AND 18TH CENTURY
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The Rape of the Lock
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Solitude: An Ode
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The Dunciad
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Eloisa to Abelard
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Detailed explanation-1: -“Ode on Solitude” celebrates the beauty of living simply and alone. The speaker argues that a solitary yet self-sufficient person is a happy one: people don’t really need that much in order to be content with their lives-just a little bit of peace and quiet, physical and mental health, and a good mix of work and play.
Detailed explanation-2: -Here the poet wants an unseen life. He wants to live in solitude until he dies. He wants to die unlamented. Not a stone should be carved on his grave, so that no one will know where he lies after death.
Detailed explanation-3: -Eternal Sunshine’s title comes from a line in Alexander Pope’s poem, “Eloise to Abelard, ” which Mary Svevo recites to Howard during the memory-erasing procedure. The lines that Mary recites are: How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Detailed explanation-4: -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).