... the poem making this the critical line. When Alexander Pope wrote line 16, he wrote it as a variation of John Milton's "Paradise Lost" opening lines. While Milton takes a more Christian approach to his poem by describing bible references in his own point of view. Pope tries to refrain from subjecting the reader to a religious background and instead Pope takes a more ... philosophical approach to compare his own perception of the opening line of "Paradise Lost". Pope's philosophical writing style was due to his poem being written during the Enlightenment period. Pope ... to analyze lite...

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