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Mock-heroic - Wikipedia
Mock-heroic, mock-epic or heroi-comic works are typically satires or parodies that mock the elevated style of common Classical stereotypes of heroes and heroic ...
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MOCK-HEROIC Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of MOCK-HEROIC is a mock-heroic composition —called also mock-epic. How to use mock-heroic in a sentence.
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MOCK-HEROIC | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
A mock-heroic poem or other piece of literature uses the style of heroic literature (= literature about famous people who are admired) in order to laugh.
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31 Synonyms & Antonyms for MOCK-HEROIC | Thesaurus.com
mock-heroic · burlesque · caricature · cartoon · farce · irony · joke · satire · skit · travesty. Strong matches. copy · derision · jest · lampoon · mime ...
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Mock-Heroic Poetry | Definition & Examples - Lesson - Study.com
Mock-heroic poetry is poetry that uses the trappings and characteristics of traditional epic poetry to address common, everyday subject matter.
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mock-heroic
ˌmock-heˈroic, a. and n. [f. mock a.] A. adj. Imitating in a derisive or burlesque manner the heroic character or style; burlesquing heroic action.1711–12 Addison Spect. No. 273 ¶8 We find in Mock-Heroic Poems, particularly in the Dispensary, and the Lutrin, several Allegorical Persons. 1765 Colman ...
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MOCK-HEROIC definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. mocking, or burlesquing, any heroic style, action, or character noun 2. a burlesque of something heroic
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mock-heroic - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
pertaining to a literary mode in which trivial subjects or characters are treated using the elaborate language devices of the heroic style.
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MOCK-HEROIC Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Mock-heroic definition: imitating or burlesquing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action.. See examples of MOCK-HEROIC used in a sentence.
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Mock-heroic poem - (English 12) - Vocab, Definition, Explanations
A mock-heroic poem is a satirical form of poetry that imitates the style and conventions of heroic poetry but applies them to trivial or mundane subjects, ...
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What does mock-heroic mean? A tale that makes fun of the hero. A ...
Mock-heroic is a literary form that satirizes traditional epics by treating mundane subjects with the grandeur of classic heroism, often using ...
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Hudibrastic
For the poem, Butler invented a mock-heroic verse structure.
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Instead of pentameter, the lines were written in iambic tetrameter. The rhyme scheme is the same as in heroic verse (aa, bb, cc, dd, etc.), but Butler used frequent feminine rhyme for humor.
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McFingal
Or, The town-meeting is a mock epic poem written by American poet John Trumbull. References
Mock-heroic English poems
1770s poems
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Il Malmantile racquistato
Il Malmantile racquistato is a mock-heroic romance influenced by Alessandro Tassoni's La secchia rapita. References
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Italian poems
1676 books
Mock-heroic poems
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Giovanni Battista Lalli
He was the author of numerous mock-heroic poems among which La franceide and L'Eneide travestita are probably the best known. His mock-heroic poems, La moscheide ouero Domiziano il moschicida (1624), recounting the Emperor Domitian's war against the assembled armies of flies,
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