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  1. Alliteration: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. For example, "And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows;" Assonance: a figure of speech that is characterized by the use of words having similar vowel sounds consecutively. For exaRead more

    1. Alliteration: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. For example, “And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows;”

    2. Assonance: a figure of speech that is characterized by the use of words having similar vowel sounds consecutively. For example, lines four and five’s “echo” and “blows” have extended “o” sounds. It reappears with the word “flows” one line later. 

     

     

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  1. Alexander Pope's excellent and quite complicated poem "Sound and Sense" addresses what Pope considered to be the right approach to writing poetry. These lines take the reader through several situations that a writer could encounter. Pope demonstrates how to write about the sea, a mild breeze, Ajax,Read more

    Alexander Pope’s excellent and quite complicated poem “Sound and Sense” addresses what Pope considered to be the right approach to writing poetry. These lines take the reader through several situations that a writer could encounter. Pope demonstrates how to write about the sea, a mild breeze, Ajax, and Camilla from Greek mythology through examples of meters and substance. Sound and content must be compatible.

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  1. This poem's main theme is that poetry is an art that must be studied and practiced in order to be accomplished; it is not something that comes spontaneously. Additionally, the tone of the words should always be appropriate for the subject at hand. Sound And Sense Summary

    This poem’s main theme is that poetry is an art that must be studied and practiced in order to be accomplished; it is not something that comes spontaneously. Additionally, the tone of the words should always be appropriate for the subject at hand.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The poem “An Essay on Criticism” by Alexander Pope is a critique of criticism. It is written from the point of view that the true purpose of criticism is to judge a work of art on its own merits. Detailed article on Alexander Pope

    The poem “An Essay on Criticism” by Alexander Pope is a critique of criticism. It is written from the point of view that the true purpose of criticism is to judge a work of art on its own merits.

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