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Poem of the Day: ‘Sound and Sense’

Alexander Pope’s verse essay is a young poet’s proclaiming an Ars Poetica for his own time: a correction to all the poets around him.

‘Alexander Pope,’ detail, 
 by Jonathan Richardson  (1667–1745).
‘Alexander Pope,’ detail, by Jonathan Richardson (1667–1745). Via Wikimedia Commons

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