“Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.” This is an extract from Alexander Pope's-

♦ “Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.” This is a extract from Alexander Pope's - The Rape of the Lock.

• The Rape of the Lock:
- It is a story that focuses on the central character, Belinda, whose lock of hair is cut off at a social gathering.

• Characters:
- Baron
- Belinda
- Arial

• Some of his famous quotes of Alexander Pope:
- “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”
- “A little Learning is a dangerous Thing.”
- “Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
- “To err is human, to forgive, divine.”

• Alexander Pope:
- তিনি একজন English author.
- তিনি English Augustan period এর একজন poet ও satirist.
- He is one of the most epigrammatic of all English authors.

• Famous works:
- An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot
- An Essay on Criticism
- An Essay on Man
- Eloisa to Abelard
- The Dunciad
- The New Dunciad
- The Rape of the Lock
- Windsor-Forest

Source: Britannica.