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 epic,
Pope chose to utilize the heroic couplet to trivialize this grandeur.
Pope's quick wit bounces the reader along his detailed description of his
parlor-room epic. His content is purposefully trivial, his scope
purposefull ....
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