But most by numbers judge a poet's song
- DMI number:
- 37196
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- But most by numbers judge a poet's song
- Last Line:
- And what Timotheus was is Dryden now
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Essay, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Fame and Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Essay on Criticism. Twickenham edition I: 239-326.
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets [T115504] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.124-126
- Poem Title:
- On Versification.
- 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. [T119553] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.111-112
- Poem Title:
- On Versification. [Pope.]
- 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.111-112
- Poem Title:
- On Versification. [Pope.]
- 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.111-112
- Poem Title:
- On Versification. [Pope.]
- Attribution:
- Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
Poem Aliases
Pope. Essay on Criticism.
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