Pope tells us that with the aid of certain devices he will explore this theme, and it is at this point that we become acquainted with the "machinery" of the poem. This "machinery", he explains is the part which will be played by the supernatural elements in the tale. ... Satire is an art, whilst other genres may be purely lyrical, romantic, from the heart, the satirist is cunning, witty, and as P.K. ...

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