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Augustan Age About 1690-1740 English poets Tried to write as well as classical poets who wrote in Latin Wrote about politics and society Satirical, witty, polished style Tribute to first Augustan Age

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Page 1: Augustan Age About 1690-1740 English poets Tried to write as well as classical poets who wrote in Latin Wrote about politics and society Satirical, witty,

Augustan Age

• About 1690-1740 • English poets• Tried to write as well as classical

poets who wrote in Latin• Wrote about politics and society• Satirical, witty, polished style• Tribute to first Augustan Age during reign of

Emperor Caesar Augustus (year 1, Ancient Rome)

Page 2: Augustan Age About 1690-1740 English poets Tried to write as well as classical poets who wrote in Latin Wrote about politics and society Satirical, witty,

Alexander Pope(1688-1744)English Poet

Translated Homer’s Iliad and OdysseyThe Rape of the LockThe Dunciad

Jonathan Swift(1667-1745)Born & died in Dublin, IrelandSatirist, Poet

Gulliver’s TravelsA Modest Proposal

Page 3: Augustan Age About 1690-1740 English poets Tried to write as well as classical poets who wrote in Latin Wrote about politics and society Satirical, witty,

Influences:Virgil (70-19 BC) Ancient Roman poetOvid (20 BC – 18 AD) Ancient Roman poetHorace (65-8 BC) Ancient Roman poet

Page 4: Augustan Age About 1690-1740 English poets Tried to write as well as classical poets who wrote in Latin Wrote about politics and society Satirical, witty,

Now hardly here and there a hackney-coachAppearing, show'd the ruddy morn's approach.Now Betty from her master's bed had flown,And softly stole to discompose her own.The slip-shod 'prentice from his master's doorHad par'd the dirt, and sprinkled round the floor.Now Moll had whirl'd her mop with dext'rous airs,Prepar'd to scrub the entry and the stairs.The youth with broomy stumps began to traceThe kennel-edge, where wheels had worn the place.The small-coal man was heard with cadence deep;Till drown'd in shriller notes of "chimney-sweep."Duns at his lordship's gate began to meet;And brickdust Moll had scream'd through half a street.The turnkey now his flock returning sees,Duly let out a-nights to steal for fees.The watchful bailiffs take their silent stands;And schoolboys lag with satchels in their hands.

A Description of the Morning

by Jonathan Swift

Page 5: Augustan Age About 1690-1740 English poets Tried to write as well as classical poets who wrote in Latin Wrote about politics and society Satirical, witty,

An Essay on Criticism: Part 1 by Alexander Pope

'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skillAppear in writing or in judging ill;But, of the two, less dang'rous is th' offenceTo tire our patience, than mislead our sense.Some few in that, but numbers err in this,Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss;A fool might once himself alone expose,Now one in verse makes many more in prose.

'Tis with our judgments as our watches, noneGo just alike, yet each believes his own.In poets as true genius is but rare,True taste as seldom is the critic's share;Both must alike from Heav'n derive their light,These born to judge, as well as those to write.Let such teach others who themselves excel,And censure freely who have written well.Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true,But are not critics to their judgment too?

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