The Rape of The Lock Explanation: When Husbands, or when Lap- dogs breathe their last, Or when rich China Vessels, fal’n from high, In glitt’ring Dust and painted Fragments lie! Let wreaths or Triumph now my Temples twine,

 

Explanation:

*** When Husbands, or when Lap- dogs breathe their last,

Or when rich China Vessels, fal’n from high,

In glitt’ring Dust and painted Fragments lie!

                Let wreaths or Triumph now my Temples twine,

 

Ans:

Line number 158-161 of canto III from The "rape of the lock." The Baron, described in Pope's heroic language, snips off a lock of Belinda's hair. And Belinda—in even more heroic language—responds with "Shrieks of Horror." Massive drama. We can notice the juxtaposition of the deaths of "Husbands" and "Lap-dogs" in line 158: now, we all love our dogs, but could we say that the death of a husband is equal to the death of a dog? Juxtapositions are kind of like the foils of language. Put two things next to each other, and their similarities and differences are much easier to spot. It's like when you park your '87 Toyota Camry next to that shiny new BMW in the parking lot. And after these sentences we can understand that when a rich Chinese vessel fell from high on the floor and if the floor was in dusty or the vessels fragment gone wrong through this moment.