JAMB - Literature In English (2022 - No. 18)

Mock-heroic poetry elevates

the important tales of heroes of the past era

trivial subject-matter by using the style of the classical epic

the stripping off of appearances in a witty manner

the beauty in human relationships as exemplified in Homer

The mock-epic genre of poetry is one that uses the elevated and serious style of the epic to discuss trivial and unserious issues.