Mac Flecknoe

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Mac Flecknoe is a satirical poem by John Dryden that mock-heroically attacks the poet Thomas Shadwell as the heir to a kingdom of dullness.

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Mac Flecknoe canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mock-heroic poem ⓘ
satirical poem ⓘ
associatedWith Restoration drama ⓘ
literary patronage politics ⓘ
author John Dryden ⓘ
centralTheme dullness in literature ⓘ
literary incompetence ⓘ
succession to a kingdom of dullness ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
criticizes Shadwell's dramatic works ⓘ
bad poetry ⓘ
depicts Shadwell as heir to a kingdom of dullness ⓘ
featuresCharacter Richard Flecknoe ⓘ
firstLineContains All human things are subject to decay ⓘ
genre mock-heroic poetry ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasTitleOrigin parody of "Mac" as in "Macbeth" ⓘ
includedIn Dryden's collected poems ⓘ
influenced The Dunciad ⓘ
influencedAuthor Alexander Pope ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryContext Dryden–Shadwell feud ⓘ
literaryDevice allusion ⓘ
hyperbole ⓘ
irony ⓘ
mock-heroic inversion ⓘ
literaryForm poem ⓘ
literarySignificance early major English mock-heroic satire ⓘ
literaryTradition English satire ⓘ
meter heroic couplets ⓘ
mode personal satire ⓘ
movement Restoration literature ⓘ
originalPublicationYear 1682 ⓘ
parodies epic poetry conventions ⓘ
heroic style ⓘ
politicalContext Restoration political rivalries ⓘ
portraysAsHeir Thomas Shadwell ⓘ
portraysShadwellAs successor to Flecknoe ⓘ
rhymeScheme rhymed iambic pentameter couplets ⓘ
setting a decayed kingdom of dullness ⓘ
subject Thomas Shadwell ⓘ
targetOfSatire Thomas Shadwell ⓘ
tone mock-heroic ⓘ
scornful ⓘ
usesCharacterAsAllegoryFor Richard Flecknoe as king of dullness ⓘ
writtenInPeriod Restoration era ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Dryden → notableWork → Mac Flecknoe ⓘ
Thomas Shadwell → wasSatirizedInWork → Mac Flecknoe ⓘ