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Yes, writing satirical poem is very difficult far a poet but there are many poets who have written political satires in the history of English literature. As Pope wrote a political Satire as The Rape of the Lock
The Rape of the Lock is one of the most famous English-language examples of the mock-epic. Published in its first version in 1712, when Pope was only 23 years old, the poem served to forge his reputation as a poet and remains his most frequently studied work.
The inspiration for the poem was an actual incident among Pope’s acquaintances in which Robert, Lord Petre, cut off a lock of Arabella Fermor’s hair, and the young people’s families fell into strife as a result. John Caryll, another member of this same circle of prominent Roman Catholics, asked Pope to write a light poem that would put the episode into a humorous perspective and reconcile the two families.
The poem was originally published in a shorter version, which Pope later revised. In this later version he added the “machinery,” the retinue of supernaturals who influence the action as well as the moral of the tale.
Dryden the poet is best known today as a satirist, although he wrote only two great original satires, Mac Flecknoe (1682) and The Medall (1682). His most famous poem, Absalom and Achitophel (1681), while it contains several brilliant satiric portraits, unlike satire comes to a final resolution, albeit tragic for both David and his son. Dryden’s other great poems— Annus Mirabilis (1667),
Religio Laici (1682), The Hind and the Panther (1687), Anne Killigrew (1686), Alexander’s Feast (1697), and “To My Honour’d Kinsman” (1700)—are not satires either. And he contributed a wonderful body of occasional poems: panegyrics, odes, elegies, prologues, and epilogues.
Writing satire is a tough job for any writer of any age. A few satirical writers have been on earth.
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Dryden was dry (:-D) until he started writing political satires. He gained more readership since.
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My Point view is what the Idioms tend to portray in the mind of the listener,a very wise leader. Despite many Missing on the Point.
The Phrase ‘as wise as Solomon’, does not go to waste.
Politicians Manipulate and make everybody sing their tune.
My Advice is to shun bad politicians
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Good advice on using our brains intelligently and prayerfully, as King Solomon, by, after listening to the good and bad politicians: we must discern “to shun bad politicians.”
I do not disagree with you. Thanks!
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