0 the use of jokes and humour to criticize people or ideas -- satyra
political satire
1 a story, film, etc that uses satire -- satyra
These morbid satires are paralleled, or perhaps even buttressed, by a related fear of women.
Poetic satire, as employed here, or poetic burlesque, works by thrust and parry, the cut of the pen falling where it may.
From slapstick to satire to biting tragedy, the frenetic pace of this scene was driven by the powerful image of walking.
Ignoring the peculiar vowels here, we discover another problem with the rhyming consonants in satire and nature.
His prodigious output includes nineteen tragedies, seventeen satires and six comedies.
Or, in a final paraphrase, might the term suggest a satire on tragedy?
The comic mode works through parody and satire, puncturing the inflated gestures of the sentimental style.
These changes have the same effect - downplaying satire and emphasising the romantic quest - and perhaps even the same cause.
