hudibrastics

hudibrastics
The use of the Hudibrastic style.

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  • Hudibrastics — Hudibrasˈtics plural noun Verses of the form used in Hudibras, a burlesque cacophonous octosyllabic couplet with extravagant rhymes • • • Main Entry: ↑Hudibrastic …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hudibrastic — is a type of English verse named for Samuel Butler s Hudibras of 1672. For the poem, Butler invented a mock heroic verse structure. Instead of pentameter, the lines were written in iambic tetrameter. The rhyme scheme is the same as in heroic… …   Wikipedia

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