Pastorals | |
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by Alexander Pope | |
Rhyme scheme | Heroic couplet |
Metre | Iambic pentameter |
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Pastorals were some of the first poetical works of Alexander Pope to appear in print, when they were published in the sixth part of Jacob Tonson's Poetical Miscellanies on 2 May 1709. [1] [2] However, the Pastorals had been written earlier, in 1704, when the author was sixteen. [1]
Pastorals | |
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by Alexander Pope | |
Rhyme scheme | Heroic couplet |
Metre | Iambic pentameter |
Full text | |
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Pastorals were some of the first poetical works of Alexander Pope to appear in print, when they were published in the sixth part of Jacob Tonson's Poetical Miscellanies on 2 May 1709. [1] [2] However, the Pastorals had been written earlier, in 1704, when the author was sixteen. [1]