The Rape Of The Lock By Alexander Pope Summary & Character List

Name: The Rape Of The Lock By Alexander Pope Summary & Character List
Uploaded: 2023-07-21T16:10:34.560Z
Duration: 4 min 33 s
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Description: The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic narrative poem written by Alexander Pope. The "rape" of the title does not refer to the modern meaning of the word "rape" but to the word's earlier meaning, derived from the Latin rapere (supine stem raptum), "to snatch, to grab, to carry off, in this case, the theft and carrying away of a lock of hair.

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Jul 21, 2023

The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic narrative poem written by Alexander Pope.
The "rape" of the title does not refer to the modern meaning of the word "rape" but to the word's earlier meaning, derived from the Latin rapere (supine stem raptum), "to snatch, to grab, to carry off, in this case, the theft and carrying away of a lock of hair.