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mock epic

American  

noun

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


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A squalidly funny collection of short stories set in the ruined fairground of Brexit Britain, these “postcards from hell” present parochial filth as mock epic.

From Washington Post • May 18, 2020

As one of his assignments, he had to write a mock epic poem.

From Washington Times • Nov. 4, 2015

The Trollope of the Barsetshire novels is a master of the mock epic.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 27, 2015

It’s hard to make even a mock epic like this.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2012

“Battle of the Frogs and Mice,” a mock epic attributed to Homer.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

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