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Which early poems did Alexander Pope say he wrote when he was 12 years old?
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Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope, portrait by Thomas Hudson, c. 1739; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Alexander Pope claimed to have written two specific works at the age of 12:
- "Ode on Solitude"
- A paraphrase of St. Thomas à Kempis1