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'''Alexander Pope''' (1688–1744) was a prominent English [[poet]], essayist and satirist who is considered one of the finest poets of the [[Enlightenment]].
'''Alexander Pope''' (1688–1744) was a prominent English [[poet]], essayist and satirist who is considered one of the finest poets of the [[Enlightenment]].
He began writing verses at the age of 12 and completed his finest work, An Essay on Criticism (1711), at only age 23. That work is best known for its insight:
He began writing verses when 12; at which age he wrote:
::''Happy the man,whose wish and care''
::''A few paternal acres bound ,''
::''Content to breathe his native air''
::''In his own ground.''
:and completed his finest work, An Essay on Criticism (1711), at only age 23. That work is best known for its insight:
::''To err is human, to forgive, divine.''
His great intellectual achievement was to translate the [[Iliad]] and [[Odyssey]], classical Greek works, into English.
His great intellectual achievement was to translate the [[Iliad]] and [[Odyssey]], classical Greek works, into English.