1. Wednesday, March 9  Age of Enlightenment: Alexander Pope  Slavery w/Mr. Waterman  Go over Unit 7 exam  Homework:  Read Book 4, pages 95-103  Read “Essay on Man” and completed discussion questions

2. Alexander Pope (1688-1744)  Poet of the Enlightenment and 18 th Century England  Admirer of Newton  Staunch neoclassicist  Created new translations of Iliad and Odyssey  Roman Catholic, self taught

3. Pope’s Poetry  Essay on Man and Rape of Locke are his two most famous pieces.  Essay on Man assesses Humankind’s place in the universal scheme  Evil is simply part of God’s plan.  “Whatever is, is right”

4. Pope’s Poetic Style  Epigram  A short poem with a clever twist at the end or a concise and witty statement. Here lies my wife; here let her lie! How she’s at rest – and so am I. John Dryden I am His Highness’ dog at Kew; Pray tell me sir, whose dog are you? Alexander Pope

5. Poetic Style Continued  Couplets  a pair of lines of verse. It consists of two lines that usually rhyme and have the same meter.  Iambic Pentameter  has an unrhymed line with 5 iambs or feet. Iambic means the stress is on the second syllable.  “Shall I/ compare/ thee to/ a sum/mer’s day?”  Heroic Couplets  A pair of rhymed iambic pentameters lines that reach completion instructor and in sense at the end of the second line.

6. Essay on Man  Read for homework  Complete discussion questions (turn in tomorrow)