DISCUSSION: The author tells us that poetry critics are focussing on other things, and not the poems themselves.
Pope’s quote shows that this is not a new phenomenon.
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- Pope doesn’t mention Homer. Pope was a poet himself, and he was probably referring to what critics said about his own work.
We don’t know what English critics thought of Homer. - Pope was talking about critics. He didn’t say anything about poets. Maybe they only focus on poetry.
- CORRECT. Poetry critics currently ignore the poems themselves. Pope’s quote shows that this is an old phenomenon.
- Pope wasn’t talking about Greek poetry. He was talking about poetry in general. Translation has nothing to do with anything.
- Actually, Pope’s quote shows that critics aren’t even bothering to interpret poetry. They’re focussed on other things: philosophy, history, geography, etc.
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