Q: Who wrote, True wit is what oft was thought but never so well expressed?
a) A Pope
b) Thomas Rhymer
c) Daniel Defoe
d) Jonathan Swift
Correct answer: a) A Pope
Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope was one of the greatest masters of the classical school of poetry in the Augustan Age. He was born in London in 1688 and he died in 1744. He was considered a master of heroic couplets. Here he says, that "true wit", which means a wise, intelligent and incisive statement, reflects a truth that already exists in nature.
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