The first stanza of the poem, The Rape of the Lock indicates that the poem is mock-heroic. Pope establishes at the beginning that the poem mocks the heroic styles of love and war. For example, "What dire offence, from am'rous Causes spring/ What mighty Contest rise from Trivial things". The phrases, 'am'rous Causes' and 'Trivial things' indicate the mock nature of this poem.
