English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português 繁體中文 Bahasa Indonesia Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย
All categories

help me analyze this verse by Alexander Pope:

FROM THE ESSAY OF MAN:

1. Hope springs eternal in the human breast:
Man never is but always to be blest.
Epistle 11. 95-96

2. Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Ibid., 11. 217-220

3. Honor and shame no condition rise;
Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
Epistle IV, 11. 193-194
4. A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod;
An honest man is the noblest work of God.
Ibid. 11. 247-248

2007-11-24 19:20:02 · 2 answers · asked by fArReN 2 in Arts & Humanities Poetry

2 answers

Read this analysis:

http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Poetry/PopeManA.htm

.

2007-11-24 23:53:36 · answer #1 · answered by ari-pup 7 · 0 0

1.Hope seems to be a human characteristic - isn't that good?
2.Vice is horrible, but the more people see it, the less it frightens them. Soon they accept it completely.
3. Honor and shame don't come from the situation you were born in; they come from how you act.
4. A witty, clever person is like a feather; a strong leader is like a staff or rod; an honest person is the best thing on earth.

2007-11-25 11:08:40 · answer #2 · answered by Snow Globe 7 · 0 0

fedest.com, questions and answers