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Pollock, Robert (1798-1827), 456
Work:
Course of Time
, 456
Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838), 350
Polyolbion
, 134
"Pomegranate," 566-567
 
Page 717
"Poor Ghost, The," 490
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), 274-281, 290-299, 662
characteristics of poetry of, 274-281, 291, 313;
on John Dryden, 290;
early views of, 292-293;
the epic and, 279-280;
figurative language and, 277-279;
the heroic couplet and, 277, 310;
as humanist, 296;
influence of, 384-385;
influences on, 291;
irony and, 279-280;
language and, 278;
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