
Introduction:
Poetic satire may be regarded as didactic poetry or the object it has
in view is the reformation of man and his manners and to this end, the
satirist takes the liberty of boldly censuring vice and vicious characters. “The true end of satire is the amendment of vice by correction”, says Dryden.
Most people agree that satire is the criticism of life and an exposure
of human weaknesses, follies, absurdities and shortcomings. The...