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Satire. Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Latin: [ˈdɛkɪmʊs ˈjuːniʊs jʊwɛˈnaːlɪs]), known in English as Juvenal (/ ˈdʒuːvənəl / JOO-vən-əl; c. 55–128), was a Roman poet. He is the author of the collection of satirical poems known as the Satires. The details of Juvenal's life are unclear, although references within his text to known ...
Evan Bevan (1803–1866, Wales) – satirical poetry in Welsh. Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852, Russia) – The Government Inspector, Dead Souls. Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849, US) – The Man That Was Used Up, A Predicament, Never Bet the Devil Your Head. William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863, England) – Vanity Fair.
John Dryden by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Absalom and Achitophel is a celebrated satirical poem by John Dryden, written in heroic couplets and first published in 1681. The poem tells the Biblical tale of the rebellion of Absalom against King David; in this context it is an allegory used to represent a story contemporary to Dryden, concerning King Charles II and the Exclusion Crisis (1679–1681).
Andrew Marvell (/ ˈmɑːrvəl, mɑːrˈvɛl /; 31 March 1621 – 16 August 1678) was an English metaphysical poet, satirist and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1678. During the Commonwealth period he was a colleague and friend of John Milton. His poems range from the love-song "To His Coy Mistress ...
The Vanity of Human Wishes: The Tenth Satire of Juvenal Imitated is a poem by the English author Samuel Johnson. [1] It was written in late 1748 and published in 1749 (see 1749 in poetry ). [ 2 ] It was begun and completed while Johnson was busy writing A Dictionary of the English Language and it was the first published work to include Johnson ...
Hudibras (/ ˈ h j uː d ɪ b r æ s /) [1] is a vigorous satirical poem, written in a mock-heroic style by Samuel Butler (1613–1680), and published in three parts in 1663, 1664 and 1678. The action is set in the last years of the Interregnum , around 1658–60, immediately before the restoration of Charles II as king in May 1660.
Norwegian writer-director Kristoffer Borgli's comically disturbing look at a young woman's shameless pursuit of adoration unleashes a torrent of supremely bad judgment and performative injuriousness.
Occupation. Poet. Website. haalou.com. MohammadReza Alee Payam (Persian: محمدرضا عالیپیام, born June 10, 1957), also known by his pen name as Halloo (Persian: هالو), is an Iranian poet and satirist. He has published ten volumes of books of satire poems and more than 10,000 of his books have been sold in Iran.