Satirical poets

This week, Mac Flecknoe was our topic. I am not much interested in this topic but I really find this poem important.

Satire is a way of poets usually use. One of them is Mac Flecknoe that is a mock-heroic satire written by John Dryden in 1678. In every country, there are poets who critisize the society, kings, beliefs, cultures etc. because the best way of expressing your angry is to write a poem. John Dryden did this by resembling Shadwell to Flecknoe as his son. Dryden found Shadwell ridiculus and wanted to critisize him. He considered him as a bad poet. The most interesting part of this poem that impress me is Dryden used ‘Sh…’ abbreviation in the poem. ‘Sh…’ stands for Shadwell, and Shadwell himself never proved this. We can say that Dryden used this abbreviation to say ‘shit’ and this make it special.

Consequently, satirical poets affects me. I thought that making a mockery of someone is not just simple. It also requires ability.