"A critical age called for symmetry, and exquisite finish had to be studied as much as nobility of thought.… POPE aimed to take first place as a writer of polished verse. Any knowledge he gained of the world, or any suggestion that came to him from his intercourse with society, was utilized to accomplish his main purpose. To put his thoughts into choice language was not enough. Each idea had to be put in its neatest and most epigrammatic form."  
 
 
Why did I write? what sin to me unknown
Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own?
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