Two Poems Against Pope One Epistle to Mr. A. Pope and the Blatant Beast

"Two Poems Against Pope by Mr. Welsted and Anonymous" captures a heated literary feud of the early 1700s. One poem, by Leonard Welsted, attacks Alexander Pope's writing and personal character, painting him as unoriginal, boring, and mean to other authors. The second, written by someone unknown, continues the assault, showing Pope as a harmful loudmouth. The collection showcases the sharp, mean-spirited writing style of the time and explores the intense rivalries that played out publicly between writers. These poems provide a window into how literary arguments and personal insults became public entertainment.