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TO A BLOCKHEAD by ALEXANDER POPE

Poet Analysis

First Line: YOU BEAT YOUR PATE, AND FANCY WIT WILL COME
Last Line: KNOCK AS YOU PLEASE, THERE'S NO BODY AT HOME.
Subject(s): IGNORANCE; DULLNESS; STUPDITY;

You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come:
Knock as you please, there's no body at home.



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