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What is a horatian satire

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This is named after a Roman satirist, Horace. On the other hand, a satire is a literary device wherein it diminishes the subject by making it appear ridiculous. It takes its form from the genre it spoofs.
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A Horatian satire of the speaker holds up to gentle ridicule the absurdities and follies of human beings, aiming at producing in the reader
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