Summary of the poem Alexander Feast or The Power of Music by John Dryden
Alexander Feast or The Power of Music -John Dryden Alexander Feast or The Power of Music poem was written by John Dryden in the year 1697. Alexander III, the Great is the King of Egypt, and he defeats Darius, the King of Persia. The king attacks the Persian army and captures Persepolis. The King gives a royal feast to rejoice this victory. This poem is about the power of music. He claims that music has got the power to influence human emotion and behavior. It can make you cry, laugh, feel, provoke and shift emotions. In this poem a bard named Timotheus attends the communal feast of Alexander. Timotheus commences the event with a song. In this song he lionizes Alexander the great. He addresses the King as the son of Olympia and Jove, and worships the king as deity and bloats his pride. The bard next invokes the God of Wine, Bacchus. He describes the beauty of this Roman God. The king gets stimulated by the song s