Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 30 May 1744), London Alexander Pope was an 18th-century English poet, best

t known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. He is the only son of Alexander Pope Senior (16461717), a linen merchant of Plough Court, Lombard Street, London, and his wife Edith (16431733), who were both Catholics. He is the third-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson. Pope is famous for his use of the heroic couplet. Heroic Couplet is a traditional form of English poetry, commonly used for epic and narrative poetry. Narrative Poetry is a poetry that has a plot. Pope was an English essayist, critic, satirist, and one of the greatest poets of Enlightenment. From the age of 12, he suffered numerous health problems, such as Pott's disease (a form of tuberculosis that affects the bone), which deformed his body and stunted his growth, leaving him with a severe hunchback. His tuberculosis infection caused other health problems including respiratory difficulties, high fevers, inflamed eyes, and abdominal pain. He grew to a height of only 1.37 m (4 ft 6 in) tall. Pope was already removed from society because he was Catholic; his poor health only alienated him further. Although he never married, he had many female friends to whom he wrote witty letters. Allegedly, his lifelong friend, Martha Blount, was his lover. Pope had an uneven education and at home, Pope's

aunt taught him to read that is why he spends most of his time reading books from his fathers library. Latin and Greek he learned from a local priest and later he acquired knowledge of French and Italian poetry. Pope also attended clandestine Catholic schools. According to Joseph Spence, a critic, minor poet, and Pope's biographer, Pope was "a child of a particularly sweet tempers and had a great deal of sweetness in his look when he was a boy". He was also nicknamed "the Little Nightingale" due to his melodious voice. Alexander Pope created a lot of works including An Essay on Criticism (1711), The Rape of the Lock (1712), and Windsor Forest (1713). He is fond of writing poems and one of which is Impromptu or Impromptu to Lady Winchelsea. Impromptu Alexander Pope In vain you boast poetic names of yore, And cite those Sapphos we admire no more: Fate doomed the fall of every female wit; But doomed it then, when first Ardelia writ. Of all examples by the world confessed, I knew Ardelia could not quote the best; Who, like her mistress on Britannias throne, Fights and subdues in quarrels not her own. To write their praise you but in vain essay; Even while you write, you take that praise away. Light to the stars the sun does thus restore, But shines himself till they are seen no more.