/lit/ - Literature

>>3563223

Explications such as yours validate the reaction I continually have to Swift - 'there is brilliant satire here, I'm just not contextually equipped to appreciate it'. But I encounter similar issues in Pope and Byron and find myself enjoying their work far more.

There really is something to be said for the formal appropriateness of poetry, especially rhyme-heavy poetry, for satire. If Swift had used couplets I might make more of an effort to accrue the knowledge a deeper reading of his texts demands.