Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRUDERY, by ALEXANDER POPE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What is prudery? 'tis a beldam Last Line: That rails at dear lepel and you. Variant Title(s): Answer To The Following Question Of Mrs. Howe Subject(s): Prudishness | ||||||||
ANSWER TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTION OF MRS. HOWE WHAT is Prudery? 'Tis a beldam, Seen with wit and beauty seldom. 'Tis a fear that starts at shadows. 'Tis (no 't isn't) like Miss Meadows. 'Tis a virgin hard of feature, Old, and void of all good-nature; Lean and fretful; would seem wise; Yet plays the fool before she dies: 'Tis an ugly envious shrew That rails at dear Lepel and you. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PRUDE'S ALPHABET by DONALD ROBERT PERRY MARQUIS A FAREWELL TO LONDON IN THE YEAR 1715 by ALEXANDER POPE A HYMN WRITTEN IN WINDSOR FOREST by ALEXANDER POPE AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM by ALEXANDER POPE AN ESSAY ON MAN by ALEXANDER POPE COWLEY: THE GARDEN by ALEXANDER POPE ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OF AN UNFORTUNATE LADY by ALEXANDER POPE ELOISA TO ABELARD by ALEXANDER POPE EPIGRAM ENGRAVED ON THE COLLAR OF A DOG by ALEXANDER POPE EPIGRAM ON QUEEN CAROLINE'S DEATHBED by ALEXANDER POPE |
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