Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 18 AIL 1719 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Pope Against the Advertisement
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The idea
Pope says true wit is nature to advantage dressed; the Advertisement proposes the language of conversation among ordinary people. Dressed against plain, in the same two centuries. Setting the two statements beside each other is the fastest way to hold the band's division.
In practice
Dressed against plain.
Where people slip
Two statements, one band.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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