Alexander Pope was a devout Roman Catholic and had certain beliefs and standards that he believed everyone should follow. His two most famous and beloved poems are “The Rape of the Lock” and “Eloise to Abélard”. “The Rape of the Lock” tells the story of a lord who cuts a woman’s hair because he likes it so much. “Eloisa to Abélard” tells the story of the love between Eloisa and Pierre Abélard. There are troubles and deceitful acts in this poem. Alexander Pope, a devoted Catholic, wrote many poems to influence society, including two entitled "The Rape of the Lock" and "Eloisa to Abelard", the themes involved are satire and unrequited love. Alexander Pope was born on the twentieth of May. first of the year sixteen eighty-eight. He then died fifty-six years later, on May 30, one thousand seven and seventy-four. He was born into a Roman Catholic family. They were the exiles of their time. He had to teach himself to write and read in Latin and Greek. John Crawford once said: “Like Horace on his Sabine farm, Pope continued to pay close attention to the pastoral setting here. Horace became the main influence in Pope's writings” (John W. Crawford). Some even thought that Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock" was basically the best poem ever written. You can see this in Ezra Pound when she states that "'The Rape of the Lock' is Pope's most brilliant achievement in his early work." His sophisticated humor and virtuoso technique are unmatched” (Ezra Pound). “Eloisa to Abelard” “is certainly Pope's greatest human poem and probably the greatest short love poem in our language” (G. Wilson Knight). He contracted Plotts disease, a form of spinal tuberculosis. He contracted it by drinking infected milk. This stunted his height growth to a measly 4’ 6”. Having this disease...... middle of paper ...... Works Cited Pound, Ezra. Critical investigation of poetry. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2003. Print. “The rape of the lock. » Poetry for students. Ed. Jennifer Smith and Elizabeth Thomason. Flight. 12. Detroit: Gale Group, 2001. 201-226. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Internet. February 26, 2014. Marlowe, Jean G. “The Rape of the Lock.” Masterplots, fourth edition (2010): 1-4. Literary reference center. Internet. March 3, 2014. “An essay on man. » Masterplots, fourth edition (2010): 1-3. Literary reference center. Internet. March 3, 2014. Szwec, Jonathan J. “Satire in Eighteenth-Century British Society: Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock and Jonathan Swift's A Modern Proposal.” » Student Pulse 3.06 (2011). Crawford, John W. “Alexander Pope.” Magill'S Survey Of World Literature, revised edition (2009): 1-8. Literary reference center. Internet. February 24. 2014.