Question

Discuss the Mac feeknoe as a satire
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Answer 1

Mac Fleckneo is written by English poet John Dryden.

Explanation:

• The poem was named after a recently deceased Irish poet, Richard Flekneo.
• This poem consists of a devastating attack on the Whig playwright Thomas Shadwell that has not been satisfactorily explained.
• Thomas Shadwell had offended Dryden with his aesthetic and political leanings.
• This poem is also a literary satire and is considered as one of the most famous mock-hero verses in English literature.