Mock-heroic poetry is a literary form that imitates the style and conventions of epic poetry while applying them to trivial or ordinary subjects. The purpose of this technique is to create humour, irony, and satire by presenting insignificant events in a grand and elevated manner. The form flourished during the Augustan Age, when writers valued wit, balance, and reason. Alexander Pope's *The Rape of the Lock* is regarded as the finest example of mock-heroic poetry in English literature. Written to reconcile two aristocratic families after a young nobleman cut off a lock of a lady's hair without her consent, the poem transforms this minor social incident into a grand epic, thereby exposing the vanity and superficiality of fashionable eighteenth-century society. One of the chief features of mock-heroic poetry is the use of epic conventions for an ordinary subject. Pope adopts the structure and style of classical epics such as Homer's *Iliad* and Virgil's *Aeneid*. The cutting of Belinda's lock is treated as though it were a heroic battle with far-reaching consequences. The exaggerated seriousness given to a simple social event creates comic contrast and satirical effect. Another important feature is the invocation of supernatural beings. Traditional epics begin with an invocation to the Muse and include the intervention of gods and goddesses. Pope replaces these divine figures with Sylphs, Gnomes, Salamanders, and Nymphs. The Sylph Ariel and his companions protect Belinda's beauty and guide her actions. Though they possess supernatural powers, their concern is merely with preserving a fashionable lady's appearance. This parody of divine intervention highlights the shallow priorities of aristocratic society. The elevated and