The nere-yet beaten Horſe of Parthia, / We haue iaded out o'th' Field.

Ironic humor is an instance of the more general phenomenon of self-distance (Contemporary Philosophy of Social Science, By Brian Faypage, Page 33)

He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.

She never seemed to have any trouble writing Bangel or Spuffy scenes.