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ID: #15615
Question
'The Rape of the Lock' by Alexander Pope is a/an -
Options
1
epic
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2
balled
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3
mock-heroic poem
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4
elegy
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Explanation
‘The Rape of the Lock’ is a mock-heroic narrative poem. Pope treats a trivial social incident (the cutting of a lock of hair) with the elaborate style and machinery of a classical epic to create satire.