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Samuel Johnson’s “London” (1738) stands as one of the most powerful satirical poems in 18th-century English literature. Written when Johnson…

Welcome to this detailed study guide on Alexander Pope’s brilliant and enduring mock-epic poem, The Rape of the Lock. Often…

I. Introduction Nicholas James, an 18th-century English poet, penned “The Complaints of Poverty,” a poignant and powerful critique of the…