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mock-heroic

1. (of a literary work, esp a poem) imitating the style of heroic poetry in order to satirize an unheroic subject, as in Pope's The Rape of the Lock

2. burlesque imitation of the heroic style or of a single work in this style

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No references found			Over 600 pages long, written by three poets, about three years in the making, Phoebe 2002: An Essay in Verse by Jeffery Conway, Lynn Crosbie, and David Trinidad is many things: mock epic poem in sixteen books anchored by a scene-by-scene exegesis of the movie All About Eve; a meditation on American popular culture, including class, gender, aging, and mortality; and an enactment of many pleasures, especially the movies and show business ephemera. Phoebe 2002: An Essay in Verse by Blair, David / Harvard Review But, the other side says, don't forget the sympathetic treatment of Catherine of Aragon in Henry VIII[ A fit subject for one of Alexander Pope's mock epics, perhaps, but otherwise hardly worth wasting much ink or energy over. The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, ... by Oakes, Edward T. / Commonweal			Moby Dick MoCA Moçambique Mocamedes Moçâmedes mocaya oil moccasin Moccasin Creek State Park moccasin flower Moccasins Moch, Jules mocha mocha stone Mochalishche Mochalov, Pavel Mochalov, Pavel Stepanovich Mochalskii, Dmitrii Mochalskii, Dmitrii Konstantinovich Moche Mochi N o Matsuri Mochi, Francesco Mochica Mochnacki, Maurycy Mochutkovskii, Osip Mochutkovskii, Osip Osipovich Mock epic mock fog mock lead Mock Lisp mock moon mock orange mock ore mock silver mock sun mock sun ring Mock Turtle mock-heroic mock-up mockernut hickory Mockery mockingbird Mockingboard mockup Moctezuma MOCVD mod mod chip MOD room mod_perl modacrylic modal			Mochicas Mochicas Mochila Mochnacki, Maurycy Mocho Mocho MOCHRENA Mochta Mochutkovskii, Osip Mochutkovskii, Osip Osipovich MOCI MOCIA MOCIC MOCIE MOCIT MOCJ mock mock mock Mock apple pie Mock apple pie Mock Auction Mock Auctions mock azalea mock azalia Mock bishop's weed Mock Board Dental Hygiene Examination Mock documentaries Mock documentary Mock epic mock fog Mock heroic Mock heroic Mock lead Mock lead Mock Lisp mock moon mock moon mock moons mock moons Mock nightingale mock orange mock orange mock oranges mock oranges mock ore Mock Parliament mock privet mock silver mock sun mock sun mock sun ring mock suns mock suns Mock the Week Mock Trade Mock Trades Mock trading Mock trial Mock Trial Training

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