You can provide a detailed critical commentary using the poem .

Part A: 

You can provide a detailed critical commentary using the poem . You will want to focus on such formal features as verse, prose or rhetorical technique; satirical techniques; diction and imagery; on prominent thematic features; and on how formal and thematic features work together. 

 

 

 

1. from John Dryden, “Mac Flecknoe” (c. 1676; printed 1682) 

 

All human things are subject to decay, 

 

And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey. 

 

This Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, young 

 

Was called to empire, and had governed long: 

 

In prose and verse, was owned, without dispute 

 

Through all the realms of Nonsense, absolute. 

 

This aged prince, now flourishing in peace, 

 

And blest with issue of a large increase, 

 

Worn out with business, did at length debate 

 

To settle the succession of the State: 

 

And pondering which of all his sons was fit 

 

To reign, and wage immortal war with wit, 

 

Cried, “‘Tis resolv’d; for Nature pleads that he 

 

Should only rule, who most resembles me: 

 

Sh—— alone my perfect image bears, 

 

Mature in dullness from his tender years. 

 

Sh—— alone, of all my sons, is he 

 

Who stands confirm’d in full stupidity. 

 

The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, 

 

But Sh—— never deviates into sense. 

 

 

 

Part B:  same idea with part b 

 

 

 

1. Jonathan Swift, “A Description of the Morning” (1709) 

 

Now hardly here and there a hackney coach 

 

Appearing, showed the ruddy morn’s approach. 

 

Now Betty from her master’s bed had flown, 

 

And softly stole to discompose her own. 

 

The slipshod ‘prentice from his master’s door 

 

Had pared the dirt, and sprinkled round the floor. 

 

Now Moll had whirled her mop with dexterous airs, 

 

Prepared to scrub the entry and the stairs. 

 

The youth with broomy stumps began to trace 

 

The kennel-edge, where wheels had worn the place. 

 

The smallcoal man was heard with cadence deep; 

 

Till drowned in shriller notes of chimney sweep. 

 

Duns at his Lordship’s gate began to meet; 

 

And brickdust Moll had screamed through half a street. 

 

The turnkey now his flock returning sees, 

 

Duly let out a-nights to steal for fees. 

 

The watchful bailiffs take their silent stands; 

 

And schoolboys lag with satchels in their hands. 

 

 

 

Part C:   comparison the passages you discussed in Parts A and B –  How might you relate these two passages to one another? How do they represent what you understand to be some essential feature of Restoration and 18th-century satire? 

 

 

 

This is a general question, therefore no reference

Collepals.com Plagiarism Free Papers

Are you looking for custom essay writing service or even dissertation writing services? Just request for our write my paper service, and we'll match you with the best essay writer in your subject! With an exceptional team of professional academic experts in a wide range of subjects, we can guarantee you an unrivaled quality of custom-written papers.

Get ZERO PLAGIARISM, HUMAN WRITTEN ESSAYS

Why Hire Collepals.com writers to do your paper?

Quality- We are experienced and have access to ample research materials.

We write plagiarism Free Content

Confidential- We never share or sell your personal information to third parties.

Support-Chat with us today! We are always waiting to answer all your questions.