What moral lesson do you find in "the rape of lock" ?
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Explanation:
Belinda and the Baron both make a huge amount of fuss over a piece of hair: but the piece of hair simply ends up as a constellation of stars (and the topic of Pope's poem).
The moral of the poem is: Life is too short, pay attention to what actually matters; don't steam yourself up over trivia.
Your first supporting argument is that the lock itself disappears at the end of the poem (nobody benefits or loses by the 'rape'). Your second line of support is Belinda's lines:
Oh, hadst thou, cruel! been content to seize
Hairs less in sight, or any hairs but these.
This outburst shows that Belinda hardly cares about what really matters, she only cares about appearances.
The poem is about being young, rich, beautiful and fancy-free. Alexander Pope was never beautiful or fancy free (he was a lifelong invalid). He finds it amusing, and slightly depressing, that people who have every advantage on earth fritter their golden times away so pointlessly.
He is telling you to treasure every precious moment: you only have a limited number of them.
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