Which stanza from "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope indicates that the poem is mean

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One speaks the glory of the British Queen,
And one describes a charming Indian screen;
A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes;
At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

The Knave of Diamonds tries his wily arts,
And wins (oh shameful chance!) the Queen of Hearts.
At this, the blood the virgin's cheek forsook,
A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look;

"To arms, to arms!" the fierce Virago cries,
And swift as lightning to the combat flies.
All side in parties, and begin th' attack; 
Fans clap, silks rustle, and tough whalebones crack;

Think not, when Woman's transient breath is fled 
That all her vanities at once are dead; 
Succeeding vanities she still regards, 
And tho' she plays no more, o'erlooks the cards.

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