AQA (B): Paper 1B Literary genres: Aspects of comedy
From jokes about body parts to observational humour about married life, romantic relationships often give rise to comedy. This is certainly borne out in the poems in the AQA (B) comedy anthology. While the poems differ in their aims and genres, this article argues that by appreciating the comic tropes they draw upon and the contexts in which they were written, we can better understand both the workings of their comedy and the themes that they address.
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