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Comment 3 of 3, added on March 21st, 2009 at 11:45 AM.
This peom is not criticizing how poet's emphasize too much on sound and rhythm rather than content. Alexander Pope is trying to convey how the sound of a poem should contribute to its meaning. For example, when he discusses Zephyr, he uses the alliteration of s's to create a smooth feeling. When he discusses the sea, he includes hard consonants that convey the waves' hard lashing against the shore. The meaning of his poem is to show other writers the importance of the sound and diction in a poem to help convey the meaning.
Carroll from United States
Comment 2 of 3, added on March 28th, 2005 at 2:52 PM.
This poem is excerpt from a long poem called "An Essay on Criticism." Alexander Pope wrote it to criticize poets who emphasized too much on the sound & rhyme of the poem, without emphasizing as much on content. Through the imagery he is trying to point out the mistakes and defects the poets make in poems.
Yvette from United States
Comment 1 of 3, added on December 1st, 2004 at 7:35 PM.
this poem is kool
ginia from United States
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This peom is not criticizing how poet's emphasize too much on sound and rhythm rather than content. Alexander Pope is trying to convey how the sound of a poem should contribute to its meaning. For example, when he discusses Zephyr, he uses the alliteration of s's to create a smooth feeling. When he discusses the sea, he includes hard consonants that convey the waves' hard lashing against the shore. The meaning of his poem is to show other writers the importance of the sound and diction in a poem to help convey the meaning.
Carroll from United States