Question

Discuss the Mac feeknoe as a satire

Answer 1

"Mac Flecknoe" by John Dryden is a satire in verse about Thomas Shadwell who is a fellow poet and contemporary of Dryden's.

• The poem highlights the shortcomings of Thomas Shadwell who is another prominent poet of the time.

• MacFlecknoe's poem is both a personal and literary satire as it presents Shadwell as a dull poetaster, a plagiarist and an obese idiot.

• In this poem, Dryden uses the persona of a bad poet to criticize the decline of literary standards of his time by exposing Shadwell as a mediocre writer.

• He uses a satirical lens to completely insult Shadwell, but in a way that depicts humor rather than pity.

• As Satire is nothing but cunning and cleverness to succeed, "Mac Flecknoe" is certainly a success.

Answer 2

John Dryden's "Mac Flecknoe" is a parody (satire) in verse about a poet-friend and Dryden's contemporary name Thomas Shadwell. The poem can be viewed as a personal parody because it illustrates and discusses a particular person, namely Thomas Shadwell,'s shortcomings.

Explanation:

• The poet called Shadwell, the subject of Dryden, is satirized by the poet from the very first stanza that described Shadwell as the son of a prose and verse royal who rule over « the realms of nonsense.
• The King has to pick one of his sons and Shadwells, who are satirically identified, is to take place. He's described as "rendered in sluggishness since his tender years," known as "in complete lack of intelligence," as well as being "never deviates into sense."
• Dryden has not lost any chance to make fun of Shadwell and his poetic style throughout the lengthy poem. Dryden uses an intentionally strong sarcastic diction and ton throughout the poem, which further emphasizes satire.
• This bad poet hardly deserves the heroic treatment that is given by Dryphen, unless the heroic language (which it is, of course) is mock-heroic and sarcastic. By the end of this poem, Dryden satirizes even the very efforts of Shadwell to create a satire: "The inoffensive satire is never morseling."
• Dryden leaves the reader without a doubt about his contempt for Shadwell and his writing by accusing Shadwell of possessing more than his share of the talent he had created of bad poetry.

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