Based on what you read in this lesson, what type of humorous device does pope use in the rae of the lock?

The answer is the mock-epic genre.

The mock-epic genre bear a resemblance to the epic in that its chief apprehensions are solemn and often moral, but then again, it diverges from the epic in the fact that the method must now be mocking rather than serious is indicative of how far the culture has collapsed. The verse form of the poem is the heroic verse.

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