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The poem was inspired by real events. Lord Petre cut off a lock of hair from Arabella Fermor. This led to a feud between the Petre abd Fermor families. Alexander Pope was asked to write a poem about the events, in order to point out how trivial the matter really was and to put an end to the feud. The Rape of the Lock was first published anonymously in 1712 in two cantos. It was republished in 1714 in an expanded version of five cantos. A final revision was made in 1717 with the addition of a speech about good sense by Clarissa.

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  • The poem was inspired by real events. Lord Petre cut off a lock of hair from Arabella Fermor. This led to a feud between the Petre abd Fermor families. Alexander Pope was asked to write a poem about the events, in order to point out how trivial the matter really was and to put an end to the feud. The Rape of the Lock was first published anonymously in 1712 in two cantos. It was republished in 1714 in an expanded version of five cantos. A final revision was made in 1717 with the addition of a speech about good sense by Clarissa.
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  • The poem was inspired by real events. Lord Petre cut off a lock of hair from Arabella Fermor. This led to a feud between the Petre abd Fermor families. Alexander Pope was asked to write a poem about the events, in order to point out how trivial the matter really was and to put an end to the feud. The Rape of the Lock was first published anonymously in 1712 in two cantos. It was republished in 1714 in an expanded version of five cantos. A final revision was made in 1717 with the addition of a speech about good sense by Clarissa. The style of the poem imitates epic poetry, such as The Iliad and The Odyssey of Homer and The Aeneid of Virgil. This is done to suggest that the concerns of the aristocrats of Pope's age, the women in particular, were trivial but were treated as if they were of great importance. A fantasy element is introduced into the poem by the addition of what Pope calls "the machinery", the fairy-like spirits who perform the same function in The Rape of the Lock that gods and goddesses do in ancient Greek and Roman epics. Many modern readers are likely to find the casual and blatant sexism in the poem and the dedication which precedes it to make for uncomfortable reading.
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