The Rape of the Lock

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The Rape of the Lock is Alexander Pope’s mock-epic poem satirizing 18th-century high society through the trivial incident of a stolen lock of hair.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mock-epic poem ⓘ
satirical poem ⓘ
author Alexander Pope ⓘ
basedOn real incident of a stolen lock of hair ⓘ
canonicalStatus major work of English literature ⓘ
character Ariel ⓘ
Belinda ⓘ
Clarissa ⓘ
Sir Plume ⓘ
Thalestris ⓘ
the Baron ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dividedInto Canto I ⓘ
Canto II ⓘ
Canto III ⓘ
Canto IV ⓘ
Canto V ⓘ
expandedEditionPublicationDate 1714 ⓘ
features machinery of spirits ⓘ
supernatural sylphs ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1712 ⓘ
genre mock-heroic ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasCriticalReception widely praised for wit and technical skill ⓘ
hasIllustrationsBy Aubrey Beardsley ⓘ
influenced later mock-heroic works ⓘ
inspiredBy incident involving Arabella Fermor ⓘ
quarrel between two Catholic families ⓘ
literaryMovement Augustan literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Belinda ⓘ
meter heroic couplets ⓘ
notableLine And all Arabia breathes from yonder box ⓘ
What dire offence from am’rous causes springs ⓘ
numberOfCantos 5 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
parodies epic conventions ⓘ
heroic poetry ⓘ
partOf Alexander Pope’s poetic oeuvre ⓘ
period early 18th century ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
setting 18th-century English high society ⓘ
subjectMatter trivial incident of a stolen lock of hair ⓘ
theme frivolity of aristocratic society ⓘ
gender and power dynamics ⓘ
social pretension ⓘ
vanity and appearance ⓘ
verseForm rhymed iambic pentameter ⓘ

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Alexander Pope → notableWork → The Rape of the Lock ⓘ
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Sir Plume → appearsIn → The Rape of the Lock ⓘ
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