"Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool. But you yourself may serve to show it, Every fool is not a poet."
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Alexander Pope (1688–1744) was an English poet and the master of the heroic couplet. His works include "The Rape of the Lock," "An Essay on Man," and brilliant translations of Homer. He was the dominant poet of the Augustan age and a master of satirical verse.
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