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If a Parrot Parodies a Pirate . . .

4/11/2017

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​Parody, as a literary genre, is an imitation of a particular writer, artist or a genre, exaggerating it deliberately to produce a comic effect.

Parody imitates or exaggerates a subject directly to produce a comical effect. Satire, on the other hand, makes fun of a subject without a direct imitation. Moreover, satire aims at correcting shortcomings in society by criticizing them.
 
Literary Examples of Parody 
Example 1:
Shakespeare's “Sonnet 130” parodies the Petrarchan conceit. 
 
          My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;
          Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;
          If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
          If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.

          
          Unlike Petrarch's Laura, Shakespeare's "Dark Lady" does not           have starry eyes, coral lips, or a snow-white complexion.                   Poking fun at the Petrarchan clichés, Shakespeare breathed             a new life into the English language. 
 
Example 2: 
Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels 
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