On an Innkeeper Nicknamed "the Marquis"
A mocking epitaph calls the titles of an innkeeper nicknamed “the Marquis” false and says that, if he rises, he will be damned.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Epigram, Satirical Poetry · 28 words
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Here lies a mock Marquis, whose titles were shamm'd, / If ever he rise, it will be to be damn'd.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Epigram, Satirical Poetry
- Length: 28 words
- Structure: 1 section, 1 paragraphs
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Genres
- Epigram — Two rhyming lines compress the ridicule of false titles into a final conditional joke about damnation.
- Satirical Poetry — The epitaph mocks the supposed marquis by dismissing his titles as false and imagining his resurrection only for damnation.
Tags
mock epitaph · false titles · innkeepers · damnation · satirical verse