Verses on the death of Dr. Swift. Occasioned by reading the following maxim in Rochfoucault. Written by himself; Nov. 1731.

by Jonathan Swift

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Cambridge University Library

T203137

"One of a series of piratical reprints" (Foxon).

[London] : Dublin, re-printed, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, [1740?]. 12p.,plate ; 8°

Genres: Poetry

20 pages, Paperback

First published May 23, 2010

About the author

Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift".
Swift is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub (1704), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1712), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729). He is regarded by the Encyclopædia Britannica as the foremost prose satirist in the English language. He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms—such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M.B. Drapier—or anonymously. He was a master of two styles of satire, the Horatian and Juvenalian styles.
His deadpan, ironic writing style, particularly in A Modest Proposal, has led to such satire being subsequently termed "Swiftian".

Reviews

[Elinor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for uni but actually read it so that's good for me lol

Kinda funny in an olde way. I like Swift better than Pope tbh

[Amelia Shipley · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a very short poem (10 pages) I had to read for uni but I like to record everything I read

[Nikki · Rating 3 out of 5]

didn't know goodreads had just single poems here

[Viv · Rating 2 out of 5]

ngl idk what just happened

[Steve · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't understand it in the first half, but he was more sober in the second half. I like his definition of worthy irony. Irony should be a force for good. You're just sarcastically letting people know they can improve on that specific thing. "Comedians" these days equate bulls**t (Amy Schumer) with jokes, or consider insults to be jokes too.