Pope's Poems and Prose

rape of the lock: what does it mean?

  1. "Words are like leaves; and where they most abound,
    Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found."
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Pope is basically saying that to many words cloud their intended meaning. The ideas of people who never stop talking become meaningless in their avalanche of words. He uses the metaphor of trees with many leaves having little fruit.

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