Alexander Pope: “Eloisa to Abelard”
Alexander Pope, one of the greatest English poets of the eighteenth century, was born on 21 May 1688. Considered a master of the heroic couplet (pairs of rhymed lines in iambic pentameter), he is best known for satirical and discursive poetry.In 1717 he wrote “Eloisa to Abelard”, his artistic interpretation of the 12th-century story of… Read More Alexander Pope: “Eloisa to Abelard”