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“Heroic Couplets” from An Essay on Man – Alexander Pope

“Heroic Couplets” from An Essay on Man – Alexander Pope. Purpose of Poetry . In Alexander Pope’s time, poetry had two purposes: To please To instruct. Antithesis. A contrast of ideas expressed in a grammatically balanced statement: “Give me liberty, or give me death”

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“Heroic Couplets” from An Essay on Man – Alexander Pope

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  1. “Heroic Couplets” from An Essay on Man – Alexander Pope

  2. Purpose of Poetry • In Alexander Pope’s time, poetry had two purposes: • To please • To instruct

  3. Antithesis • A contrast of ideas expressed in a grammatically balanced statement: • “Give me liberty, or give me death” • Purpose: Makes a statement more forceful and memorable

  4. Pope writes in heroic couplets • Two rhyming lines of iambic pentameter • Paraphrase: Your job is to summarize and paraphrase each couplet in a single sentence.

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