EXAMPLES OF SATIRE

Thou shalt have one God only: who Forgive, O Lord, my little joke on Thee

Would be at the expense of two? And I’ll forgive Thy great big one on me.

No graven images may be Robert Frost

Worshipped, except the currency:\

Swear not at all; for thy curse UNFORTUNATE COINCIDENCE

Thine enemy is none the worse: By the time you swear you’re his,

At church on Sunday to attend Shivering and sighing

Will serve to keep the world thy friend: And he vows his passion is

Honour thy parents; that is, all Infinite, undying—

From whom advancement may befall: Lady, make a note of this;.

Thou shalt not kill; but need’st not strive One of you is lying.

Officiously to keep alive: Dorothy Parker

Advantage rarely comes of it:

Thou shalt not steal: an empty feat, A MAN SAID TO THE UNIVERSE

When it’s so lucrative to cheat: A Man said to the universe:

Bear not false witness; let the lie “Sir, I exist!”

Have time on its own wings to fly: “However, “ replied the universe,

Thou shalt not covet, but tradition “The fact has not created in me

Approves all forms of competition. A sense of obligation.”

Arthur Hugh Clough---travesty example Stephen Crane--