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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PUBLICITY MEN, by BOYCE HOUSE Poet's Biography First Line: Does the skylark sing as gloriously as shelley says? Last Line: And, by the way, he did a swell job, too. Subject(s): Publicity; Public Relations; Press Agents | |||
Does the skylark sing as gloriously as Shelley says? And does the nightingale live up to Keats' claims? Dexter Fellowes, with his sesquipedalian words, and the Hollywood publicists, with their chronicles of "glamor girls" -- These are no new phenomena. What was Homer except a press-agent for a super-star named Helen? And, by the way, he did a swell job, too. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WINNERS AND LOSERS by BOYCE HOUSE DUSK IN WAR TIME by SARA TEASDALE A VALEDICTION: OF MY NAME IN THE WINDOW by JOHN DONNE THE GOOD SHEPHERD by FELIX LOPE DE VEGA CARPIO ODES I, 38. AD MINISTRAM by QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS PEGGY, FR. THE GENTLE SHEPHERD by ALLAN RAMSAY RICHARD CORY by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE ART OF PRESERVING HEALTH: BOOK 2. THE GASTRIC MUSE by JOHN ARMSTRONG |
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