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Alexander Pope (21 Mey 1688 – 30 Mey 1744) wis an Inglis poet. He is regairdit as ane o the greatest Inglis poets, an the foremaist poet o the early aichteent century.
Pope is best kent for his sateerical an discursive poetry, includin An Essay on Criticism (1711), The Rape of the Lock (1712) an The Dunciad (1728/1743[1]), as weel as for his translation o Iliad an Odyssey bi Homer with William Broome an Elijah Fenton.[2] Efter William Shakespeare, Pope is the seicont-maist quotit writer in the Inglis leid, as per The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.[3] He is conseedert a master o the heroic couplet.[2]
Pope was a smaa man o 4 fit 6 inches, caused bi tuberculosis.[2]
The muins o Uranus are named efter chairacters frae Pope's poetry an frae William Shakespeare's plays.[4]
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