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A review by skeleton_richard
Eloisa to Abelard by Alexander Pope
3.0
As evidenced by my previous review of The Rape of the Lock, I was not too pleased with Pope, so I didn't expect to like this. I surprisingly did. I love Eloisa in history, she's awesome, and I would have liked the poem to have addressed her intellect/scholarly pursuits but what can you expect from the guy who wrote about how silly it was that a girl was upset someone cut off a lock of her hair.
Actually, despite not really demonstrating how smart she was, this poem still gives a sympathetic and downright heartbreaking look into the emotions of someone who's been torn from someone she loves and can't keep her mind off of-- the heroic couplet scheme (aa, bb, cc, dd,...) really fits with these feelings, and it's a genuinely emotional work that fortunately doesn't come down to something as angering as Rape of the Lock. Good on you, Alex.
Actually, despite not really demonstrating how smart she was, this poem still gives a sympathetic and downright heartbreaking look into the emotions of someone who's been torn from someone she loves and can't keep her mind off of-- the heroic couplet scheme (aa, bb, cc, dd,...) really fits with these feelings, and it's a genuinely emotional work that fortunately doesn't come down to something as angering as Rape of the Lock. Good on you, Alex.