Sinfulness in Christianity is well-explained in a poem called "Paradise Lost.... 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". ...

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Some examples of poetry he translated were Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, John Milton's Paradise Lost, and Aenid. ... One might draw comparisons from some of his translations directly to The Rape of the Lock; for instance, take Milton's description of Eve discovering and contemplating her reflection: As I bent down to look, just opposite, A Shape within the watry gleam appeerd Bending to look on me, I started back, It started back, but pleasd I soon returnd, Pleas'd it returnd as soon with answering looks Of sympathie and love, there I had fixt Mine eyes till no...

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Just as Eve in Milton's Paradise Lost is mesmerized by her own image as she sees it reflected in the water of one of Eden's rivers, to her own image Belinda "bends, to that her eyes she rears." ...

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