Living

The Re-echo Club: as by Alfred Tennyson (Cubist Nude)

by Carolyn Wells 1862–1942

From The Re-echo Club

Living

As the staircase is, the Nude is; thou art painted by a freak.
And I think that he has knocked thee to the middle of next week.
He will paint thee (till this fashion shall expend its foolish force),
Something like a rabid dog,--a little larger than a horse.
Semblance? Likeness? Scorned of Cubists! This th' evangel that he sings;
Any picture's crown of glory is to look like other things!
So thou art not seen descending in the ordinary way,
But, like fifty motor-cycles, breaking speed laws in Cathay.

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A parody by Carolyn Wells, written in the manner of Alfred Tennyson as a contribution to the imagined Re-Echo Club (Cubist Nude).

MLA

Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by Alfred Tennyson (Cubist Nude).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/316/.

Chicago

Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by Alfred Tennyson (Cubist Nude).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/316/.

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