Which poem by Alexander Pope opens with the lines, "In these deep solitudes and awful cells, / Where heav’nly-pensive contemplation dwells, / And ever-musing melancholy reigns; / What means this tumult in a vestal’s veins?"?

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Explanation

The quoted lines are from Pope's "Eloisa to Abelard," a poem that explores intense emotional conflict and contemplative solitude. The other listed works—"The Rape of the Lock," "Ode to Solitude," and "The Dunciad"—are distinct poems by Pope but do not begin with these lines.

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