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The Rape Of The Lock

Reading Response-The Rape of the Lock

What are some of the images that recur through the poem, and what significance do they have?

The Rape of the Lock is a very good example of mock epic poetry. The poem concerns a feud between two Catholic families, the Petres and the Fermors. Lord Petre cuts a lock from Arabella Fermor's hair. Arabella and her family were very upset by this incident. Pope appears to write the poem in order to help bring peace between the two families in hopes they will laugh together over this poem. The images recurring throughout the poem comically tell the story of the robbery of a lock of hair in a very descriptive and imaginative nature.
An image that is repeated very vividly and on numerous occasions throughout the poem is the sun. Although Belinda seems to be armoring herself for a battle and has lots of pride and inner strength, Pope still gives her even more pride by adding flare to her appearance and thoughts through this image of the......


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