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Date: 1725-6

"Will martial flames for ever fire thy mind, / And never, never be to Heav'n resign'd?"

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.

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Date: 1725-6

"The Similies are likewise generally longer in the Iliad than the Odyssey, and less resemblance between the thing illustrated, and the illustration; the reason is, in the Iliad the similitudes are introduced to illustrate some great and noble object, and therefore the Poet pr...

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.

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Date: 1725-6

"The thinking mind, my soul to vengeance fires."

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.

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The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.