What's Swifts achievements?
Swift is a master satirist. His satire is usually masked by an outward gravity and an apparent earnestness which renders his satire all the more powerful. His A Modest Proposal is generally taken as a perfect model.
Swift is one of the greater masters of English prose. He is almost unsurpassed in the writing of simple, direct , precise prose. He defined a good style as °proper words in proper places”. Clear, simple, concrete diction, uncomplicated sentence structure, economy and conciseness of language mark all his writings—essays, poems and novels.
Swift's chief works are： A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books. The Drapier's Letters , Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal. (P107 )
