Question

The poem “You Are Old, Father William” by Lewis Caroll mocks the elements and concepts of “The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them” by Robert Southey. What technique of fiction is likely at play in Carroll's poem?

A) allegory

B) parody

C) metaphor

D) symbolism

Answer 1

Your answer is B - parody.

In the question it written the key word "mocks", so first of all, you should think automatically it's a parody. Bu after reading the poem, indeed, is a parody.