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A good poet is not just made of a scholarly writer, or a distinguished one either. The characteristics of a good poet is that of understanding, patience, and common knowledge. Anyone can put rhyming words in lines and stanzas and make a poem, but not everyone can put forth the emotion, and soul that it requires to publish a "great" poem. In Alexander Pope's poem "Sound and Sense" he states his opinion on what makes a great poet. Pope says to write quality poetry one has to be experienced and it required learning and practice. Pope's tone throughout the poem is quite didactic. Pope intended to try and teach his audience and tries to convey or instill his opinion on what qualities make up a great poet. The structure that Pope used was not too unordinary or spectacular, it consisted of sonnets within a heroic couplet. Pope choose this style, most likely because the rhyme scheme helps the reader follow along, and allows the poet, Pope, to convey his message. The literary devices in this poem, helped Pope get his point across of what makes a great poet. Alliteration helped with his sentence structure and gave the poem a sense of rhythm, allusion helped the reader create mental images of the precise characteristics of a good poet, and lastly, the use of metaphor created a sense of humor in Pope's writing.
A good poet is not just made of a scholarly writer, or a distinguished one either. The characteristics of a good poet is that of understanding, patience, and common knowledge. Anyone can put rhyming words in lines and stanzas and make a poem, but not everyone can put forth the emotion, and soul that it requires to publish a "great" poem. In Alexander Pope's poem "Sound and Sense" he states his opinion on what makes a great poet. Pope says to write quality poetry one has to be experienced and it required learning and practice. Pope's tone throughout the poem is quite didactic. Pope intended to try and teach his audience and tries to convey or instill his opinion on what qualities make up a great poet. The structure that Pope used was not too unordinary or spectacular, it consisted of sonnets within a heroic couplet. Pope choose this style, most likely because the rhyme scheme helps the reader follow along, and allows the poet, Pope, to convey his message. The literary devices in this poem, helped Pope get his point across of what makes a great poet. Alliteration helped with his sentence structure and gave the poem a sense of rhythm, allusion helped the reader create mental images of the precise characteristics of a good poet, and lastly, the use of metaphor created a sense of humor in Pope's writing.