mock-heroic poem
91burlesque — burlesquely, adv. burlesquer, n. /beuhr lesk /, n., adj., v., burlesqued, burlesquing. n. 1. an artistic composition, esp. literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock… …
92Polish literature — Introduction body of writings in Polish, one of the Slavic languages. The Polish national literature holds an exceptional position in Poland. Over the centuries it has mirrored the turbulent events of Polish history and at times sustained… …
93The 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… …
94Don Juan (Byron) — Byron s Don Juan (Penguin Classics version) Don Juan (  /d …
95Samuel Butler (poet) — Samuel Butler (8 February, 1612 ndash; 25 September, 1680) was a poet and satirist. Born in Strensham, Worcestershire and baptised 14 February, 1613,he is remembered now chiefly for a long satirical burlesque poem on Puritanism entitled Hudibras …
96The Rape of the Lock — [ Aubrey Beardsley for The Rape of the Lock ] The Rape of the Lock is a mock heroic narrative poem written by Alexander Pope, first published anonymously in Lintot s Miscellany in May 1712 in two cantos (334 lines), but then revised, expanded and …
97William Drummond of Hawthornden — This article is about the Scottish poet William Drummond. For other individuals with the same name, see William Drummond (disambiguation). William Drummond of Hawthornden William Drummond (13 December 1585 – 4 December 1649), called of… …
98The Nun's Priest's Tale — Cicero, one of the authors in the cockerel s library The Nun s Priest s Tale is one of The Canterbury Tales by the Middle English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Composed in the 1390s, the 626 line narrative poem is a beast fable and mock epic based on an …
99Wordsworth, William — born April 7, 1770, Cockermouth, Cumberland, Eng. died April 23, 1850, Rydal Mount, Westmorland English poet. Orphaned at age 13, Wordsworth attended Cambridge University, but he remained rootless and virtually penniless until 1795, when a legacy …
100bucolic — Synonyms and related words: Alcaic, Anacreontic, Arcadian, Castalian, English sonnet, Homeric, Horatian ode, Hudibrastic, Italian sonnet, Petrarchan sonnet, Pierian, Pindaric, Pindaric ode, Sapphic ode, Shakespearean sonnet, Theocritean, agrarian …
