Read this excerpt from Alexander Pope’s The Rape of the Lock.

“No common weapons in their hands are found,/Like gods they fight, nor dread a mortal wound…/See, fierce Belinda on the Baron flies,/With more than usual lightning in her eyes…”
This account of the conflict between Belinda and the Baron _________. (1 point)

uses satire to ridicule the upper classes
uses irony to portray the ruling classes as noble
uses sarcasm to indicate contempt for the lower classes
uses understatement to downplay the rift between the classes

Question

Read this excerpt from Alexander Pope’s The Rape of the Lock.

“No common weapons in their hands are found,/Like gods they fight, nor dread a mortal wound…/See, fierce Belinda on the Baron flies,/With more than usual lightning in her eyes…”
This account of the conflict between Belinda and the Baron _________.  (1 point)

    uses satire to ridicule the upper classes
    uses irony to portray the ruling classes as noble
    uses sarcasm to indicate contempt for the lower classes
    uses understatement to downplay the rift between the classes