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1. (a.) Irony, sarcasm, or ridicule, used to denounce an injustice\; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal.

2. (a.) Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.

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Atticism English sonnet Goliardic verse Horatian ode Hudibrastic verse Italian sonnet Petrarchan sonnet Pindaric ode Rabelaisian Sapphic ode Shakespearean sonnet agile wit alba amoebean verse anacreontic balada ballad ballade banter black humor bucolic burlesque canso caricature cartoon causticity chaffing chanson clerihew comedy concrete poetry cubist poetry cynicism dirge dithyramb dramatic poetry dry wit eclogue elegiac poetry elegy epic epic poetry epigram epithalamium epode epopee epopoeia epos erotic poetry esprit exaggeration farce georgic ghazel haiku hatchet job heroic poetry humor idyll imagist verse imitation innuendo invective irony jingle lampoon light verse limerick lyric madrigal malicious parody melic poetry metaphysical poetry mock-heroic poetry mockery monody narrative poem narrative poetry nimble wit nursery rhyme ode oral poetry palinode parody pasquil pasquin pasquinade pastiche pastoral pastoral elegy pastorela pastourelle persiflage pleasantry poem poison pen polyphonic prose pretty wit prose poetry prothalamium quick wit raillery ready wit rhyme ridicule rondeau rondel roundel roundelay runic verse salt sarcasm satiric wit satirical poetry savor of wit sestina slapstick slapstick humor sloka song sonnet sonnet sequence spoof spoofery spoofing squib stichomythia subtle wit symbolist verse take-off takeoff tanka tenso tenzone threnody travesty triolet troubadour poem vers de societe verse verselet versicle villanelle virelay visual humor wicked imitation wit
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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