Pope describes a simple card game using the language of war with the players preparing “in arms” and later saying the cards as troops. I think it’s quite interesting how he keeps making ordinary social activities […]

I feel like it’s interesting that Pope puts the Queen taking political “counsel” and drinking tea right next to each other, almost making them sound just as important as each other. This is adding to the pattern […]

I feel Pope is creating a big contrast between spirits who protect entire nations and the Sylphs who protect women’s beauty and looks. It’s kind of interesting that he describes both jobs so seriously, even though […]

Pope seems like he’s trying to create progression from the Baron seeing the lock and wanting it, and then deciding he is going to win it. I noticed that he calls the lock a “prize,” which seems to turn Belinda […]

What isn’t clear to me here is what Pope means when he describes the heart as a “moving Toyshop” like what does that even mean. He also says things like wigs, sword-knots, beaux, and coaches which i have no clue […]

What isn’t clear to me here is what the Pope is trying to say and what he means when says that the women’s souls “retire” to their “first elements.” I understood that he is separating them into some sort of […]

I feel that this part speaks to power and political rule to describe how he feels about beauty. By comparing Flavia’s lost beauty to a lost “empire,” This metaphor makes beauty seem like something authoritarian […]

Montagu is repeating almost the same sentence, especially “Now beauty’s fled,” but changes what Flavia has lost from “presents” to “lovers.” I feel as if this repetition creates a pattern where beauty is […]

Gulliver’s reflection emphasizes the absence of absolute truth – everything is dependent on comparison.