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Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock"
Alexander Pope adds a little twist to the typical epic poem in his poem The Rape of the Lock. Pope uses the characteristics of the traditional epic poem. He uses Characteristics such as invoking a muse as well as the poem itself being a long narration. He al ....
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.... uses both of these in a quite different manner in his poem. Baron is questing for the love of Belinda and his trophy a lock of her hair. This quest engulfs Baron’s life. All he can think about is conquering Belinda. Baron’s quest finally ended when he finally used a special weapon to achieve his goal. He used shears to cut a lock from the head of Belinda. The use of a special weapon is also an aspect of an epic poem. This also brings us to the battle characteristic of an epic poem. Not only is there a battle between the sexes that happens through out th ....
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