'The Dunciad' is a poem written by -

• 'The Dunciad' is a poem written by - Alexandar Pope.
- The Dunciad, poem by Alexander Pope, first published anonymously in three books in 1728;
- By 1743, when it appeared in its final form, it had grown to four books.
- Written largely in iambic pentameter, the poem is a masterpiece of mock-heroic verse.

• Alexander Pope is called Mock-Heroic Poet.
- His famous epic is The Rape of the Lock.
- His notable works:
• An Essay on Criticism,
• The Dunciad,
• The Imitation of Horace,
• An Essay on Man,
• Letter to Gay.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Britannica.