Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MR. POPE, by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When alexander pope strolled in the city Alternate Author Name(s): Tate, Allen Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744) | ||||||||
When Alexander Pope strolled in the city Strict was the glint of pearl and ''old sedans. Ladies leaned out more out of fear than pity For Pope's tight back was rather a goat's than man's Often one thinks the urn should have more bones Than skeletons provide for speedy dust, The urn gets hollow, cobwebs brittle as stones Weave to the funeral shell a frivolous rust. And he who dribbled couplets like a snake Coiled to a lithe precision in the sun Is missing. The jar is empty; you may break It only to find that Mr. Pope is gone. What requisitions of a verity Prompted the wit and rage between his teeth One cannot say. Around a crooked tree A moral climbs whose name should be a wreath. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CULTURAL EVOLUTION; AFTER POPE by CAROLYN KIZER IMITATION OF POPE: A COMPLIMENT TO THE LADIES by WILLIAM BLAKE IN ANSWER TO MR. POPE by ANNE FINCH ON THE DEATH OF DR. SWIFT by JONATHAN SWIFT EPITAPH by MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU VERSES ADDRESSED TO IMITATOR OF FIRST SATIRE OF HORACE by MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU ODES: BOOK 2: ODE 10. TO THOMAS EDWARDS, ON ... POPE'S WORKS by MARK AKENSIDE ODES: BOOK 2: ODE 10. TO THOMAS EDWARDS, ON ... POPE'S WORKS by MARK AKENSIDE A PIPE OF TOBACCO (MR. POPE'S STYLE IMITATED) by ISAAC HAWKINS BROWNE BATTLE OF MURFREESBORO, 1862-1922 by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE |
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