Satire and Irony In the story The Widow of Ephesus by Gaius Petronius and the poem “True Love” by Judith Viorst, the authors portray love through the use of satire and irony. They do this though a series of ironic twists, humorous accounts, and life experiences. A satire is a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn. In The Widow of Ephesus, the narrator recalls a tale of love in …showed first 75 words of 508 total…

…showed last 75 words of 508 total…reader is shocked because hoping a spouse is dead is not typically the way people envision marriage. In the story The Widow of Ephesus by Gaius Petronius and the poem “True Love” by Judith Viorst, the authors use satire and irony to depict love in its truest form. They do this through manipulating humorous accounts to fit the story, like in “True Love,” and also through exposing human faults, like in The Widow of Ephesus.