The SATIRE poetic style uses ridicule, sarcasm, irony or similar devices to expose vices of public figures or society in general, or a literary work that does the same.

There is no set rhyme scheme, nor any definitive syllable count for the satire poetry style.


Example by Kumud Biswas:

excerpt from My Obituary

What if I flatter myself a little
Instead of leaving it to friends
When I am gone forever?

I pass away in glory
As I did come in glamour
Leaving no friends nor foes behind
For I was my own friend and foe.
I projected my concern for myself on others
Who were not less concerned with themselves for me.
The principle was simple
Which, simply stated, was that –
You save your own soul
When your comrade fights his lone battle
For the sake of principle of a dubious kind
To shorten his suffering
Push him overboard
And say with a sharkish grin,
‘Be a better rat and know in time
When the boat is sinking.’