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> [The essay I had to read was called, "An Essay on Criticism" by Alexander Pope. The first challenge was that the essay was, in fact, a very long poem in "heroic couplets". If something is called an essay, it should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-johnson/the-essay-i-had-to-read-was-called-an-essay-on-criticism-by-alexander/)

[Maureen Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-johnson/)

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