The Aged Aged Man
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"The Aged Aged Man" is a humorous, nonsensical poem by Lewis Carroll, presented as a parody of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s "The Village Blacksmith" and featuring an absurdly old man engaged in increasingly ridiculous dialogue.
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic verse
ⓘ
nonsense poem ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| author | Lewis Carroll NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Victorian parody of popular verse ⓘ |
| dialogueType | increasingly ridiculous conversation ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | an aged man ⓘ |
| form | rhymed verse ⓘ |
| genre |
humorous poetry
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parody ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
absurdity
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aging ⓘ exaggeration ⓘ mock-heroic treatment of everyday life ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Aged Aged Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedEffect | amusement ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| literaryRelation | parody of a moralizing poem ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | nonsense literature ⓘ |
| meterParodied | trochaic tetrameter ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | dialogue ⓘ |
| parodies | The Village Blacksmith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parodiesAuthor | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeSchemeParodied | from The Village Blacksmith ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
an absurdly old man
ⓘ
comic dialogue about extreme age ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
adults
ⓘ
children ⓘ general readers ⓘ |
| tone |
absurd
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comic ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
hyperbole
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irony ⓘ parodic imitation ⓘ |
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