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Alex's Analysis of Any Abject Abuse
The destruction of the grand style of the epic is just what Pope was
after in his mock epic, "The Rape of the Lock." Pope had no such universal goal,
or moral pronouncements to make as did Milton. His purpose was merely to expose
the life of the nobility of his time. While Milton chose blank verse to express
the immensity of the landscape of his epi ....
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.... female vanity. He wrote the poem at the request of his
friend, John Caryll, in an effort to make peace between real-life lovers. The
incident of the lock of hair was factual; Pope's intention was to dilute with
humor the ill feelings aroused by the affair. He was, in fact, putting a minor
incident into perspective, and to this end, chose a mock-heroic form, composing
the poem as a "take-off" epic poetry, particularly the work of Milton. He is
inviting the individuals involved to ....
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