Read these lines from Alexander Pope's "The Dunciad."How hints, like spawn, scarce quick in embryo lie, How newborn nonsense first is taught to cry, Maggots half formed in rhyme exactly meet, And learn to crawl upon poetic feet. Which of these is being satirized in these lines the beginning of life? maggot eggs crying babies poorly written poetry

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Shannon Owen

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11 September, 11:01

Read these lines from Alexander Pope's "The Dunciad."How hints, like spawn, scarce quick in embryo lie, How newborn nonsense first is taught to cry, Maggots half formed in rhyme exactly meet, And learn to crawl upon poetic feet. Which of these is being satirized in these lines the beginning of life? maggot eggs crying babies poorly written poetry

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Esteban Le · Answer 1

Read these lines from Alexander Pope's "The Dunciad."How hints, like spawn, scarce quick in embryo lie, How newborn nonsense first is taught to cry, Maggots half formed in rhyme exactly meet, And learn to crawl upon poetic feet. Which of these is being satirized in these lines the beginning of life? maggot eggs crying babies poorly written poetry

Maggot is the one being satirized in these lines of the beginning of life