Word Count : 536

---

Alexander Pope’s *The Rape of the Lock* is considered one of the finest examples of a mock-epic in English literature. Written in 1712 and later revised, the poem satirizes a trivial incident in aristocratic society, where Lord Petre cut off a lock of Arabella Fermor’s hair without her consent. Pope elevates this social squabble to the grandeur of epic tradition, using classical conventions to mock both the triviality of the event and the pretensions of fashionable high society in the early eighteenth century. The poem’s brilliance lies in its _____ ___ _____ _________ _________ _______ ____ ______ ___ _____ ____.
__________ ____ _____ _____ ______ __________ _______ ______ ___ ________ ____ ____.
___ _______ ______ _________ ___ _________ ___ _____ __________ __________ __________.
______ ___ _____ _____ __________ _______.
________ _________ _________ ____ _______ _____.
_______ ______ _______ ____ _____ _______ ______ ____ ____ ___ _________ _________.
__________ __________ ____ _______ ___ ____ ___ ___ _____ ______.
_____ ________ _______ ___ ___ ________ ____ _______ ____.
_________ ______ ________ ___ _________ ____ ___ ______ __________ _______ ________ ________.
_____ ______ ________ _____ _____ ____ __________ ________ _______ ________.
________ ______ __________ ________ _________ ______ _________ ____ __________ ___ _____ _______.
__________ ___ ________ ________ _________ ___ _____ _________ ___ _____.
________ _________ ________ ___ _______.
__________ ________ ___ _____ _______ _______ ___ _______ __________ _____ _________.
_____ ___ _______ _______ ______ ______ _________ __________ __________ _______.
_________ ________ _____ ________ ____ __________ ______ _____ ____.
_________ ________ _________ ________ ______ ___ _______ ____ _______ _____.
__________ _____ ______ _______ ___ ___ _________.
____ ________ __________ _____ ________ _______ ________.
__________ __________ ____ ________ ________ _______ _________ ______.
_______ __________ _____ _______ _____ ____ __________ ___ ___.
________ _____ ___ ____ ______ ___ _________ ___ ____.
______ _______ __________ __________ _____ __________ ____ _______.
___ _______ ___ ______ ________ __________ __________ _________ _______ ____ ____ __________.
___ _______ _____ _____ __________ ______ ________.
______ _________ ____ ________ _________ _______ _______ _______ _______ ____ ___ _____.
_____ _________ ________ _____ __________ _________ __________.
_________ ________ __________ __________ __________.
___ __________ __________ ___ ___.
_________ ______ _____ ______ __________ _____.
_______ _________ _____ _____ __________ _____ __________ ________ _____ _____ _____ _________.
___ _____ _________ __________ _____ ___ ________ ____ _____ ____.
______ ________ ________ ________ _______.
___ _____ ______ ___ _____ _____ _________ ________.
_______ ___ _______ ____ ____ ______ _______ ____.
________ ________ ___ _______ ___ ______ ___ ____ ____ ______ _______.
______ ______ ________ ______ ________ _________ _______ ___.
_______ _______ ________ ______ ____ _____ ___ ______ _____ ___ _________.
________ ____ ________ _____ ____ __________ _________ _____ ___ ______ ___.
_____ ____ ____ ______ _______ __________ ___.
_____ ______ ___ ____ ________.
__________ _______ ___ _________ ____ _________ _______ _________ ________ _____ __________.
___ ________ ________ ____ ______ ____.
__________ ______ ______ ________ _________ _____.
_____ _______ ______ _______ ____ _____ _____ _____.
___ ________ _______ ____ ____ ______ ______ _________ _________.
______ ________ __________ _______ _____ ___.
_________ __________ __________ _________ ____ _____.
__________ ________ _______ __________ _________ __________.
____ _______ ___ __________ ___ ___.
_________ ______ ______ __________ ________ ________ _____ __________.
________ ______ ___ _______ ________ ___ _____ _________ _________ __________.
______.
Get Full Answer on WhatsApp