Papers on Poets and Poems
Alexander Pope's "The Rape Of The Lock"
Words: 558 - Pages: 3.... of his. This is very typical in epic poetry.
Another aspect Pope uses is that his main character Belinda gains wisdom from a dream. Ariel is a Sylph that guides Belinda. When Belinda was asleep Ariel came into her dream to tell her to βBeware of all, but most beware of Man!β He was telling her to watch out for man because he will try to take her chastity. When Belinda awoke she thought deeply about what was said to her in her dream but then she forgot all about the lesson when she started to think about Baron. This is the gaining of wisdom aspect of the epic poem.
The greatest aspect of an epic poem is the quest and the batt .....
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