Although there are many different themes and writing styles in early 18th Century writings, two of the greatest satirists of all time, Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, shared some of the most effective, moving, and influential themes and writing styles of the time period. These great writers, authors of ?The Beast?s Confession? and ?An Essay on Man? respectively, both utilized similar writing techniques and subject matter to portray, to the best of their ability, …showed first 75 words of 1062 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1062 total…their own place in the masterful cycle of life. ?The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleas?d to the last crops the flow?ry food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.? This, again, is a reference to other creatures of the times top portray traits and faults of mankind while indirectly creating the negative connotation associated with the given beasts.