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mock-heroic

mock-he·ro·ic


adjective 
Definition:
 
comic in heroic style: describes poetry that satirizes the heroic style by using it to describe something trivial. Like heroic poetry, mock-heroic poetry traditionally used classical forms such as the iambic pentameter heroic couplet or the iambic hexameter alexandrine.



noun  (plural mock-he·ro·ics)
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mock-heroic verse: verse or a poem written in the mock-heroic style

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