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  Hello Learners, This blog is about the two famous transitional poets of 18 th Century; Thomas Gray and Robert Burns. It was the mid-eighteenth century and poets were tiring of the neoclassical ideals of reason and wit. The Neoclassic poets, such as Alexander Pope, "prized order, clarity, economic wording, logic, refinement, and decorum. Theirs was an age of rationalism, wit, and satire." (Guth 1836) This contrasts greatly with the ideal of Romanticism, which was "an artistic revolt against the conventions of the fashionable formal, civilised, and refined Neoclassicism of the eighteenth century." (Guth 1840) Poets like William, "dropped conventional poetic diction and forms in favour of freer forms and bolder language. They preached a return to nature, elevated sincere feeling over dry intellect, and often shared in the revolutionary fervour of the late eighteenth century." (Guth 589) Poets wanted to express emotion again. They wanted to leave the city

 Hello Learners, Here is the blog on "The Rape of the Lock" along with the presentation, quiz, worksheet and material. Full Title: “The Rape of the Lock” When Written: Pope published three different editions of the poem from 1712 to 1717, making most alternations from 1712 to 1714. Where Written: England, likely in and around London (including Binfield and Twickenham). When Published: The final edition of the poem, including of all five cantos and Clarissa’s speech, was published in 1717. Literary Period: Augustan Genre: Mock-Heroic, Narrative Poem, Roman à clef Setting: Belinda’s House; Hampton Court; The Cave of Spleen Climax: Belinda’s lock of hair is revealed to no longer be in the Baron’s possession, but has instead become a constellation in the sky. Antagonist: The Baron Point of View: Third-Person Omniscient The Rape of the Lock from vaidehi Hariyani Task:- Write a brief analysis of Belinda's character keeping in mind the contemporary time rather th