Poets of the Augustan Movement
Alexander Pope - Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Here is a bio of Alexander Pope http://www.poemhunter.com/alexander-pope/ Here is a link to one of his most famous poems "The Rape of the Lock." http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-rape-of-the-lock/ Here is an easy to understand summary of the poem http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/rapeofthelock/summary.html |
Jonathan Swift -
Here is a bio of Jonathan swift http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift One of Swift's most famous poems is called "Gulliver's Travels." Here is a link to the poem along with a bunch of great information about it. http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gulliver/ Here is a video, about 30 minutes long, of the poem "Gulliver's Travels" along with information about Jonathan swift himself and the time period http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gulliver/ |
John Dryden -
Here is a bio of John Dryden http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dryden Here is a link to one of his most popular poems Marriage-a-la-mode. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173446 Here is a video of the poem "Beneath A Myrtle Shade." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jLvgTSptdY |