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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Canto V, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 10 hours, 59 minutes agoIn lines 15 and 16, Pope is arguing that while beauty can gain power (like what Montagu was talking about), it is not enough to hold on to it. One might be beautiful, but in order to really do something with their […]
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Canto V, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 11 hours, 6 minutes agoIn this line, Pope is sarcastically saying that all of what just happened throughout the story occurred over a lock of hair, and this story will now be told over and over again.
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Canto IV, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 11 hours, 8 minutes agoIn this line Pope is making fun of what he deems “superficial” women by saying that to them a pimple is the worst thing that can happen to them.
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Canto IV, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 11 hours, 13 minutes agoIn lines 3-8, alongside the Iambic Pentameter that Pope is writing in, he also repeated the word “not” at the beginning of each line, to really emphasize Belinda’s rage.
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Canto III, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 11 hours, 22 minutes agoPope is referencing playing cards here, to show how disorderly the troops are in that moment, by comparing them to shuffled playing cards, he is giving the reader a clear vision of the chaos.
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Canto III, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 11 hours, 26 minutes agoPope here is saying that the fairy queens’ powers are “soft like flowers”, implying that even though they do have powers, they are not as strong as the fairy kings’. (This is where this comment is supposed to go, […]
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Canto III, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 11 hours, 27 minutes agoWait not this line sorry I don’t know how this comment ended up here.
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Canto III, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 11 hours, 28 minutes agoPope here is saying that the fairy queens’ powers are “soft like flowers”, implying that even though they do have powers, they are not as strong as the fairy kings’.
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Canto II, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 11 hours, 50 minutes agoIn this whole stanza, Pope is describing Belinda’s beauty, but also comparing her to a trap. Like what Maggie said a couple lines up, he is comparing love to a Labyrinth, which is full of traps, but I think that […]
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Canto II, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 11 hours, 53 minutes agoIn this line and the next one, the author is establishing that the woman that he is describing is beloved, and worshipped, by the people around her. However, she is still a devout Christian (the cross on her neck […]
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Canto I, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 9 hours agoSomething that is not clear to me is what is meant by the use of the word “Ombre” in this line? Also, why is it capitalized?
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Canto I, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 days, 9 hours agoWhat isn’t clear to me here is who Belinda is? Additionally, who Caroyl is? I am sure that we will meet them later in the poem, however, something else that is not clear to me is what the word “vouchsafe” means. I […]
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Town Eclogues: Saturday; The Small-Pox, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 1 week agoIn lines like this, where Flavia is essentially begging someone to save her, Montagu is showing how her beauty has made her feel entitled to things, such as a better life than one where she might not be able to […]
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Town Eclogues: Saturday; The Small-Pox, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 1 week agoThroughout the poem, Montagu is writing in iambic pentameter, and heroic couplets, and I think that she is using the heroic couplets specifically to create satire around how the poem is about a women who has lost […]
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Chapter 1, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 weeks, 2 days agoNaturally the author had to throw in some comment about how the English are superior to everyone else.
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Chapter 1, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 weeks, 2 days agoMost cultures love alcohol in some capacity
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Chapter 1, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 weeks, 2 days agoThe farmer has no interest in Gulliver’s money, goes to show how different cultures value different things. This probably would have been unheard of during this time in England.
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Chapter 1, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 weeks, 2 days agoVery matter of fact about this giant that he’s seeing, a very dry way of being humorous
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Chapter 1, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 weeks, 2 days agoEven though they had no idea where they were, they thought that as long as they kept going on the course that they were, they would not end up in a really cold part of the world. So, even while facing a lack of […]
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Ella Mercier commented on the post, Chapter 1, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 2 weeks, 2 days agoEverything was going well at first, until it wasn’t. This seems as though it was common for these 18th century journeys by boat. Due to the sheer amount of time it took to travel places, there were so many […]
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