The
Rape of Lock is a pretty strange title. I had no idea what the poem would be
about. So I finish reading cantos one and two, and I was baffled. I just read
eight pages and didn’t have any sort of clue to what is going on. But luckily,
there is the internet, so I read the summary on Sparknotes. The story is about
a woman named Belinda. She is constantly guarded by four entities: Sylphs,
Gnomes, Nymphs, and Salamanders. These four things are the protectors of
Belinda’s virginity. In Canto 2 lines 1-25, Alexander Pope mostly writes about
Belinda. This segment talks about the sun rising, and tons of beautiful women
around, but the most beautiful woman is Belinda, all eyes are fixed on her. Her
smile reflects all around her. Basically, it sounds like she is the bee’s
knee’s and everyone knows it. A quote of Pope, “Yet graceful ease, and
sweetness void of pride, might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide.”
(15-16) To sum it up, Belinda has no faults and she is the most beautiful woman
anyone has laid eyes on.
Bobby, I am glad you did some outside reading. Sparknotes is a good source AFTER you have read the assignment, and I am glad you used it to help flesh out your understanding. Just make sure that in these blogs you include some discussion questions (this will also help put you over the 200-300 word requirement).
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