mock heroic
91Hudibrastic — is a type of English verse named for Samuel Butler s Hudibras of 1672. For the poem, Butler invented a mock heroic verse structure. Instead of pentameter, the lines were written in iambic tetrameter. The rhyme scheme is the same as in heroic… …
92Richard Owen Cambridge — (born 14 February 1717 in London; died 17 September 1802 in Twickenham) was a British poet.He was educated at Eton and at St John s College, Oxford. Leaving the university without taking a degree, he took up residence at Lincolns Inn in 1737.… …
93Francesco Bracciolini — (November 26, 1566 August 31, 1645) was an Italian poet.He was born of a noble family in Pistoia in 1566. On his removing to Florence he was admitted into the academy there, and devoted himself to literature. At Rome he entered the service of… …
94Ysengrimus — Ysengrimus, from a twelfth century MS in the Bibliothèque nationale de France Ysengrimus is a Latin fabliau and mock epic, an anthropomorphic series of fables written in 1148 or 1149, possibly by the poet Nivardus. Its chief character is… …
95McFingal — McFingal: a modern epic poem. Or, The town meeting is a mock epic poem written by American poet John Trumbull. [1] This canto, about 1500 lines, contains some verses from Thomas Gage s Proclamation, published in the Connecticut Courant for the… …
96The Princess (play) — Gilbert called the piece a whimsical allegory ...a respectful operatic per version of Tennyson s poem. The play was a modest success, playing through April and enjoying a provincial tour. [ [http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/ melbear/potted3.htm… …
97Parody — A parody (pronounced|ˈpɛɹədiː US, [Help:IPA| [ˈpaɹədiː] UK), in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, by means of humorous or satiric imitation. As the literary… …
98Poetisch — Das Wort Poesie (von gr. ποίησις poiesis, „Erschaffung“) bezeichnet zum einen das Feld der poetischen, mit Kunstfertigkeit, so die ursprüngliche Bedeutung, verfassten Werke, zum anderen eine ihnen gemeinsame Qualität. In ersterer Bedeutung machte …
99Voltaire — Voltairean, Voltairian, adj., n. /vohl tair , vol /; Fr. /vawl terdd /, n. (François Marie Arouet) 1694 1778, French philosopher, historian, satirist, dramatist, and essayist. * * * orig. François Marie Arouet born Nov. 21, 1694, Paris, France… …
100Butler, Samuel — I born Dec. 4, 1835, Langar Rectory, Nottinghamshire, Eng. died June 18, 1902, London British novelist, essayist, and critic. Descended from distinguished clergymen, he grappled for many years with Christianity and evolution, first embracing,… …
