mock epic

mock epic
a long, humorous poem written in mock-heroic style.

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  • Pope, Alexander — born May 21, 1688, London, Eng. died May 30, 1744, Twickenham, near London English poet and satirist. A precocious boy precluded from formal education by his Roman Catholicism, Pope was mainly self educated. A deformity of the spine and other… …   Universalium

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