"Absalom an Achitopel- is an allegorical poem because it's not straightforward , it's full of parallels between the biblical story of Absalom against his father king David. Dryden uses biblical figures to refer to Charles II-David-, Absalom-Monmouth- and Shaftesbury-Achitopel- and describes a view associated with symmetry as in Milton's "Paradise Lost-. ... "Absalom and Achitopel- may be considered Dryden's best satirical poem and he makes use of the heroic couplet as a classical form along it. ...

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