In the preface to this work, its author noted that he chose verse because principles, maxims, and precepts "strike the reader more strongly at first.
In the preface to this work, its author noted that he chose verse because principles, maxims, and precepts "strike the reader more strongly at first." Its last section opens by stating "Oh, happiness, our being's end and aim" and later notes that "St John dwells with thee". Starting with the second section of this work, all chapters of this poem are listed as epistles. The lines (*) "Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see/No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee" appear in a discussion of the great chain of being in this poem. In its third section, this poem tells the reader to "Know thyself, presume not God to scan" before noting that the proper study is the title being. For 10 points, name this philosophical poem in five chapters by Alexander Pope.
In the preface to this work, its author noted that he chose verse because principles, maxims, and precepts "strike the reader more strongly at first.
"An Essay on Man"