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mock-he·ro·ic [ˌmɒkhɪˈrəʊɪk, Am -roʊ-] ADJ ART, LIT

mock-heroic

mock-heroic

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The new mock-heroic poem accepted the same metre, vocabulary, rhetoric of the epics. en.wikipedia.org

In this, the term was often used interchangeably with pastiche, parody, and the 17th and 18th century genre of the mock-heroic. en.wikipedia.org

He also pioneered the mock-heroic. en.wikipedia.org

This formal indication of satire proved to separate one form of mock-heroic from the others. en.wikipedia.org

Additionally, the age also developed the mock-heroic couplet. en.wikipedia.org

In this piece, the rules of heroic poetry could be inverted for the proper mock-heroic. en.wikipedia.org

At the same time, the mock-heroic was at its zenith. en.wikipedia.org

In this play, the author himself becomes a major target for the play's mock-heroic humour. en.wikipedia.org

Additionally, there were a few attempts at a mock-heroic novel. en.wikipedia.org

Originally used for long poems on heroic themes, it later came to be popular in the writing of mock-heroic works. en.wikipedia.org

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