Parody Definition | What is Parody? - PoetrySoup
Definition
[n] humorous or satirical mimicry
[n] a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
[v] make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers"
[v] make a spoof of; make fun of
Imitation of a poem or another poet's style for comic/satiric effect. In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll's poem Old Father William is a parody of The Old Man's Comforts by Robert Southey.
Synonyms
burlesque, burlesque, charade, lampoon, mockery, mockery, pasquinade, put-on, sendup, spoof, spoof, spoof, takeoff, takeoff, travesty
See Also...
act, apery, caricature, imitation, impersonation, mimicry, mock, play, represent, travesty
Related Terms
agile wit, anamorphosis, ape, Atticism, bad likeness, belie, black humor, botch, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, color, comedy, copy, copying, corruption, counterfeiting, daub, debasement, deride, disguise, distort, distortion, dry wit, dummy, duplicat
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