Which Stanza from The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pop indicates that the poem is meant to mock the form of the heroic epic?

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Janelle Cabrera

6 November, 05:19

Which Stanza from The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pop indicates that the poem is meant to mock the form of the heroic epic?

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Karma Melton · Answer 1

The first stanza of the poem, The Rape of the Lock indicates that the poem is mock-heroic. Pope establishes at the beginning that the poem mocks the heroic styles of love and war. For example, "What dire offence, from am'rous Causes spring / What mighty Contest rise from Trivial things". The phrases, 'am'rous Causes' and 'Trivial things' indicate the mock nature of this poem.