Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 4 AIL 0317 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Lexicon: Juvenalian Satire
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The idea
Named for Juvenal, the glossary says this form uses bitter sarcasm more than humour and is often tinged with cruelty. Swift's proposal is the standard English instance. The pair Horatian and Juvenalian is exactly the kind of neighbouring distinction the board's distractors exploit.
In practice
Bitter, sarcastic, sometimes cruel.
Where people slip
The pair is a favourite distractor.
Your place on the trail
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