Q After many readings, I am still stung by this masterpiece. I only ask you to read and ponder enough of it to spur a key idea about which you would like to write in a one-page response. Again, these are your thoughts I wish to read, provoked by Pope's writing. You don't have to agree with him, nor do you have to speak a position of which I agree. Personally, I find this piece intriguing because of all the ways he describes human nature as a tension between two opposites--sometimes every couplet introduces yet another dual aspect of the human spirit that creates a struggle in our understanding of life. This essay will be read only by me (unless you choose to distribute it to your classmates).