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Swift's descriptions in Gulliver's Travels make fun of the British Parliament. Gulliver's Travels is a satire where Swift uses exaggerated and fantastical situations to critique societal issues. For instance, the dispute between the Big-Endians and the Little-Endians is a critique against petty religious disputes, demonstrating the triviality of some societal divisions.
In Gulliver's Travels, Swift's descriptions of people and events are intended to make fun of specific individuals or events. Based on lines 160-177, Swift is making fun of the British Parliament. The work 'Gulliver's Travels' is a satire written by Jonathan Swift to critique specific aspects of his contemporary society. Although we cannot see the specific lines you're referring to, generally throughout the novel, Swift makes comical comparisons using exaggerated, fantastical situations and characters. These are meant to mirror the absurdities and injustices he saw in real life.
For instance, in one part of the novel, he describes a dispute between the Big-Endians and the Little-Endians, which is a critique of religious disputes Swift saw as petty and absurd. The citizens of Lilliput are obsessing over which end of a boiled egg should be cracked first, the big end or the small end. This is likely a satirical reflection of the religious wars among Christians. The humor is found in the exaggeration of the severity of such a trivial dispute.
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Epic poetry often begins by announcing the subject and asking a muse for help.
An epic poem refers to a long, narrative poem that is usually about heroic deeds and important events to the culture of the poet. Many ancient writers used epic poetry in order to tell tales of intense adventures and heroic feats.
An epic poem is also known as epic, epos, or epopee.
Epic poetry refers to a time beyond living memory in which occurred the extraordinary doings of the extraordinary men and women.
Figures of speech are styles of writing that are used in communicating ideas in a unique way. The figure of speech that is used in the sentence, "The zombie's teeth are shattered posts on a picket fence" is;
Metaphor is a figure of speech that is used when the writer compares two things because he believes that they share similarities.
Literally, these comparisons are not true but the use of this style makes the message clearer and more vivid to the reader.
When comparing the zombie's teeth to a post, we can imagine that the teeth have wide gaps.
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This is a Metaphor.
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