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''The Onion'' is a popular fake-news newspaper, which creates absurd stories in the style of real reporting.
''The Onion'' is a popular fake-news newspaper, which creates absurd stories in the style of real reporting.
A fine example of literary parody is “The Modern Hiawatha”, from “The Song of Milkanwatha” by George A Strong. Strong gently mocks the repetitive literary style of Longfellow.
First, a snippet of Longfellow:
::"''He had mittens, Minjekahwun,''
:''Magic mittens made of deer-skin;''
:''When upon his hands he wore them,''
:''He could smite the rocks asunder,''
:''He could grind them into powder.''
:''He had moccasins enchanted,''
:''Magic moccasins of deer-skin;''
:''When he bound them round his ankles,''
:''When upon his feet he tied them,''
:''At each stride a mile he measured!''"
Now Strong:
::''”He killed the noble Mujokovis,
:''With the skin he made him mittens,
:''Made them with the fur side inside,
:''Made them with the skin side outside,
:''He, to get the warm side inside,'
:''Put the inside skin side outside:
:''He, to get the cold side outside,
:''Put the warm side fur side inside:
:''That’s why he put the fur side inside,
:''Why he put the skin side outside,
:''Why he turned them inside outside.”
== Conservapedia policy toward parodists ==
== Conservapedia policy toward parodists ==