, 1879-03-29

IlaGH NItlunkSI tHC rCIIiA5[ltlGr III l!lE
filc TN tue asonY 10 eitst tho patntc, htsd tho
poe0 Will be readr fnr ncrusa.
now TO MAKE An Er1C POEM LIKE Mr. TEENY-
soN.
t7hs Jofota',y, dndrt .frnn1 fts intrinsic atllRy
fern. T. i.s!C orsat Nt1arg eario:!tv, eeing he
or!y.na! a,rtetion' ffo'n .shieh Me Fort Laureate
co'n1ostd fhs ArlhariaH ldvs.1
Tn compose m epic, sou,e writer's Instruct
us first to catch our hero. As. however, Mr..
Carlyle ts the only pyraou on record who ias
ever performed tlla feat. u Will be best for ta
rest ot mankind tn bo contcnt with the nearest
npproach to a hero available: namely, prs0.
Thrae nntmnss nrs very plentiful, and easy to
tatcht ~ they delight III heng run nttcr. There
arr, however. many different kinds not oil
c4nslly IL for the present purpose, and amonRat
one. Thus, for inAtancc, tl,rre IL tic scientific
alNl htleistlcnl prig, wtO may be frcguently O6-
served ciudlnK notice. bttweetl tho covers Of the
lges''ninsitr R<pt~; tlc Anglican pri3. who ls
the u1ttamontans prlg, who abounls IN the
Dublin Resttw; the scholarly prtE. who twittcrs
a!nnn9 the leaves OF tho Academy; ;an'l the
Evangelical priR, who converts tllc ilcatf!en and
all, tho last, will serve for the central figure. In
thu present class Of poem. Tllu only ono entitc-
" suitable Is The bla'nuless var'cty. Take, then,
onc bla'ncless prIg.. Set hin, upright n tue
beautiful wife, who canno. abide urigs., Add to
these one narrcd goody man; ml,d tic the three
together In bundle With d link or two Of
Dostiny. Proceed, next, TO surround th's
q The ninetecntlcentuTy, In ianey-ball costume,
uni \ few impossible virtues. Stir these
brtskly about for two volumes, TO The great
annoyance Of the G!ane'css pfftG;; WIG tt,
swearinR.point, for the whole stmc. II he
once toils over into any natural action or
exclamation, he Is forthwith worthless. a'nt you
must got anotl!gr. Next break thn WIGS rcpu.
tation Into small pieces. anl dust them well
over tiye b'a,lteless prfg: Then take few v,als
of trbuatton aud wrath, mil cn'ptY these gctl-
crnlly over tho whn1c Ingredients Of your POM;
uni, taking the sword OF thu heather, cut lnto
ci,aruct crs Then wound slightly lie head Of
the blai,lclcsa prig: retnorc lin suddenly trou,
tho table, anI keep Ia cool barge for future
use.
now TO MAKE roEM LIKE MI. MATTHEW Ar
MOLD.
Take one soulful Of Involuntary uMbeltcf,
se,f-salls'lgd despair. Add ,o this one BEAUTIFUL
text OF Scripture. SILK s.ese well togellur, md
Us soon as ebulttton commences crate In finely
few rcgFetfnl allustons to the New Testament
stars, lInlf dozsu allnsiops to the ntnetccnth
century. one to Goethe, one to Mont nlang or
the Lake OF Geneva; md one also, II possible,
to SONIC personal bereavement. Flavor the
whole with mouthtul Of faiths ind "ln.
"liuttes,H mud ''yearnftlgs." This class Of
pocm Is concluded, usually, With some question,
about which wo flnve to observe only ttiat It
aha'l be impossible TO nneWcr.
HOW 70 MAKE AN IMITATION OF Mr. BROWNING.
Take rather coarse view Of things Ia gen.
cral. In the naIdst OF this place a man niIu
woman, her md her ankles, tnstefulls arranged
On slice Of Italy, OF the country about Pornte.
Cut an opcnnE across The bsenst Of each, until
the soul bcromcs vl5ible, but be very careful
tint noue OF the body be lost during the opera:
ton. Pour Into each breast GO much as IL wifi
held OF tile new strong wtnc Of lore: and. for
fear they should take cold by exposure, cover
them quickly up will! quantity q obscure
classical quotations, a few familiar aliuslons to
IN unknown period OF history, an. half-dc-
stroycd fresco by an early master, varied every
now and then with a reference to the fueucs or
toccntas Of II qufte-forgotten COMPOSER.
II the poem be still intultgtble, take pen
HOW 70 MAKE MODERN rEE-nArlIAE ELITE
Take packct Of fine selected carly English,
containing no words but such nB arc 15soeeto md
unlnteltgible. Pour this into about double the
auantsy ot entirely new English, which must
must cu1npose Yourself, fresh. as It Is wanted.
Mix these together thoroughly till they asaume
Il color quito different from anv tongue Tint was
ever spoken, ai,d the material will bo ready for
use,
Determine the number OF statlzas Of which
your poem shall cuntfst, un1 select correspond
Ing number OF the most archaic or most pecullnr
words n your vocabulary, aliottIng one Of t'csr
to ench stanza; md pour in tic other words
rounl them. until the entirc poem Is filled ln.,
This kind OF comrostIo,i is usually cast In
shapes. These, though not nl1t,lerous,-
amounting, In oil, to something nMlcF dozen,
it would take TOO long TO acaerlbe here; and
wlterr they ore kant In RtorL wout1 exnlsin ,n