Parody
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.
[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
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Synonyms
burlesque, burlesque, charade, lampoon, mockery, mockery, pasquinade, put-on, sendup, spoof, spoof, spoof, takeoff, takeoff, 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