Some have at first for wits, then poets pass’d,
Turn’d critics next, and prov’d plain fools at last;
Some neither can for wits nor critics pass,
As heavy mules are neither horse nor ass.
Those half-learn’d witlings, num’rous in our isle
As half-form’d insects on the banks of Nile;
Unfinish’d things, one knows not what to call,
Their generation’s so equivocal:
To tell ’em, would a hundred tongues require,
Or one vain wit’s, that might a hundred tire.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Part
I, Part
II, Part
III
—An Essay on Criticism (Representative Poetry Online)
I think it’s probably safe to guess what Alexander Pope would think of blogging. Bear in mind, though, that he was writing this at the ripe old age of 20.
Similar:
Mixed Reception
This activity is set in a research group...
Academia
Ménage à Troi (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 24) Lwaxana, Ferengi, Chess, ...
Rewatching ST:TNGÂ after a 20-year break....
Literature
I gave my class a Poem to read. The author's Name -- I hid.
I gave my class a Poem to read.
The aut...
Academia
In 2019, I have a college student who annotates readings like this!
I asked students in my online "Dystopia ...
Academia
Until next term, I have zero more unmarked assignments. #fistpump
Until next term, I have zero more unmark...
Academia
If I don’t design the sign for the pub on my #steampunk space cruiser, who will? #prioriti...
Aesthetics



He can be a little harsh, can’t he? :)
Pope obviously had no interest in teaching writing.