Why is "the rape of the lock" called a "mock epic"?
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, also called mock-heroic, form of satire that adapts the elevated heroic style of the classical epic poem to a trivial subject. ... Jonathan Swift's “Battle of the Books” (1704) is a variation of this theme in mock-heroic prose.epic"
A mock-epic poem is supposed to be the inspiration of a Muse, the ... Pope called The Rape of the Lock a "heroi-comical poem", which is another name fo
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