<span>To a secret playhouse made from an excavation in the back yard</span>
Following tradition blindly. The old man who said they did it for years and how kids want to change it is your evidence
The term mimetic is associated with "imitation" so it might be said that during the 1800, literature tried to replicate or portray real life in the stories. that is to say, novels were based on realism so they were considered unique and a revelation because it was a new way of writing.
Hyperbole is the anwser trust me