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18th Century Poem Analysis

The differences between eighteenth-century literature and
romantic poems, with respect to history is constituted here. This is
seen through the influential works of John Keats and Alexander Pope.
These works are acknowledged as, "The Rape of Lock" and "The Eve of
St. Agnes." Alexander Pope takes his readers on a hatred filled epic.
A robust piece of literature and love induced psychoses in, "The Rape
of Lock." On the other hand, "The Eve of St. Agnes" told a tale of
life, love, death, and eternal fate in heaven. These two brilliant
writers have given two magnificent poems. Pope exhibits many
characteristics of a narcissistic human being. His independence in
life shows through his writings in fiction. Which inevitably portray
his deeper feelings of life. Popes' efforts here are of outstanding
quality. However, his poem did fail to convince Arabella to résumé
her engagement to Lord Petre. Most of Pope's efforts here were
written with time. Now, ...

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