18th Century Poem Analysis

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descriptive natures and ideas they portray to
the reader through their writing.
Pope has written an eighteenth-century poem which he calls,
"An Hero-Comical Poem." This poem has exalted an over all sense of
worthlessness for common rules. The mentioning of Achilles and the
ever-popular Aeneas, are symbols of Pope's Gothic style. Pope speaks
(almost) G-D like throughout, "The Rape of Lock." Contrary to Keats,
who is more down-to-earth with his sense of realism in his writings.
In the beginning of Keats romantic premise to life in St. Agnes, all
is cold. The opening sequence brings a sense of realism to this
bitter cold scene. Cold owls, rabbit's, and numb fingers on a holy,
"Beads man." The Beads man symbolizes the sense of age and spirit.
Much of this poem is a test of Keats inner soul or spirit. He has
lead himself to St. Agnes for his own personal account of life in a
time long gone. Keats' romantic style has brought ...

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for Keats. He presents strength when pain is
being inflicted. His early images of purgatory, show Keats in a bind
of human emotion and regret for past sins. However, Pope does this
as well throughout, "The Rape of Lock." Although, Pope is less
likely to find a happy medium in his tale of tolerance. He does
manage to relinquish all his desires for the sake of his own inner
strength. This strength is portrayed more intensely through his soul.
Memories are key to the anguish of the poem. In all of Keats
mediocre issues come love and honor. The entire tenth stanza is
caused by the emotions involved with love. However, this must leave
some readers at ...

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