The Rape of the Lock: A Close Reading of Canto Three, Lines 125-178
This paper examines The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope. Specifically the paper discusses Canto Three, lines 125-178 in which the Baron actually cuts the lock of hair from Belinda's hair. The purpose of the paper is to demonstrate how Pope uses allusion, imagery, the heroic couplet, irony, and the zeugma to mock the self-important foolishness of England's idle elite.
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