Tis hard to say if greater want of skill
- DMI number:
- 38240
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Tis hard to say if greater want of skill
- Last Line:
- Glows while he reads but trembles as he writes
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Essay and Couplet
- Themes:
- Critics / criticism and Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Essay on Criticism. Twickenham edition I.
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. [T119553] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.331-335
- Poem Title:
- Character and Duty of a true Critic. [Pope's Essay on Criticism.]
- Attribution:
- Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets ... The fourth edition [T121136] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.331-335
- Poem Title:
- Character and Duty of a true Critic. [Pope's Essay on Criticism.]
- Attribution:
- Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. ... The fifth edition [T202612] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.331-335
- Poem Title:
- Character and Duty of a true Critic. [Pope's Essay on Criticism.]
- Attribution:
- Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
Poem Aliases
Pope. Essay on Criticism.
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