Alexander pope
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Alexander Pope was an English poet born in 1688 in England who started writing poetry at age 12. He grew up near Windsor Forest and had a self-taught education as he came from a Catholic family during a time when Catholics faced restrictions. Pope is known for his translations of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and published his most famous work The Stolen Curl at age 24, which compared a small occurrence to the world of the epic gods.
Alexander pope
- 2. When he was born? He was born in 1688 in Inglaterra. Biography: He grew up in Binfield, near the woods of Windsor.He was small and corky.Alexander grew in a Catholic family, he first had a private teacher at home, and then he went to two or three Catholic schools, but above all he had a self-taught education.
- 3. Who was he? Alexander pope was a english poet, also known for his translations of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. When did he start writing? He started when he was 12 year old, he wrote poetry weighed down since childhood by a form of tuberculosis. What did he wrote? Alexander published his most emblematic work The Stolen Curl at the age of 24, a lyrical poem that compares a small occurrence to the epic world of the gods.