Mock-heroic poetry is a type of poetry that takes a trivial or ordinary subject and elevates it by using the grand style and language of classical epic poetry, typically to humorous effect. It's essentially a form of irony or satire that pokes fun at the grandiose style of epic poetry by applying it to a mundane or inconsequential subject. The goal of mock-heroic poetry is to make the reader see the absurdity of taking something small and treating it as if it were something big and important.