Byron's Use of Rhetorical Devices for Satire in the Vision of Judgement
type: CreativeWork
description: The aim of this paper is to classify the various techniques of satire which Byron uses in The Vision of Judgment under three headings: 1) burlesque; the poem as a whole is a burlesque of Southey’s Vision of Judgement; 2) irony; the poem is a sustained niece of irony; 3) rhetorical devices; the poem uses a large number of then effectively for satiric ends.
abstract: The aim of this paper is to classify the various techniques of satire which Byron uses in The Vision of Judgment under three headings: 1) burlesque; the poem as a whole is a burlesque of Southey’s Vision of Judgement; 2) irony; the poem is a sustained niece of irony; 3) rhetorical devices; the poem uses a large number of then effectively for satiric ends.
author: Sparks, M. Emily
keywords: Humanities, Arts and Humanities
date published: 1963-01-01T08:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T02:05:59Z
provider: Dominican University of California
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: Dominican University of California