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Alexander Pope BY EPISTLE TO ARBUTHNAL
ALEXANDER POPE
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EPISTLE TO ARBUTHNAL
The Epistle to Dr Arbuthnal is a satire in poetic form written by Alexander Pope and addressed to his friend John Arbuthnal a physicians. It was first published in 1774 and composed by 1734. He was famous for his satirical verse. He was one of the Great influences of contemporary English literature; he was interest in Christian and Biblical culture. He was regarded as the most eminent poet of the eighteenth century during the Augustinian era. A noble whose satirist and translator would be remember throughout every time and space.
You think this is cruel? Take it take for rule. This means that the poet is being ridiculed by the crowd. But as a rule he does not have to accept the unacceptable behavior of others.
Line two this lines illustrates the poet mental distress, wounded feeling by the remark s of those who taunt him. See (John Donne) The sun rising, busy old fool. (See John Dryden) Never was patriot but was a fool. See also (Midas) where the queen stated that the secret to each fool, that he’s an ass see also (rape of the lock) Removal of hair was regarded as cruel.
Codrus is a name for a struggling poet a type name for a hack poet, ridiculed by Virgil and Juvenal. Tease for his poetry inabilities. Codrus can be defined as a conceited dramatist who thinks none the less of himself and his less of himself and his tragedy is reflected with shouts of laughter. See(line3).
The theatre can be described as the world of literature who laugh as the poet theatrical inability. The poet destroys the good order of government and poetry and inverts his own classical idea. He therefore contributes to the corruption of poet by corrupting the relations between poet and patron. For example he has place all three elements corruption, literacy and political in one universal evil.( 4-6 lines) see Sander 2004 p.293

Who shames a scribbler? Break one cobweb through. Pope defines scribblers as a bad writer one who is not very



References: James Haney (1855) Satire and satirists New York, Red filled publishing 35.8 Howard D.w. einbrot(1982) Alexander pope and the tradition of formal verse satire Princeton N.j. University Press. William Kupersmith (2007) English Versions of Roman satire in the earlier or Eighteenth Century Rosemont publishing. Andrew Wallace Had rill patronage in Ancient Society London Rout ledge

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