Ogden Nash wrote a poem titled `` Portrait of the Artist as a Prematurely Old Man '' .
The title has been adapted and parodied by many writers including Charles Perry in `` Portrait of a Young Man Drowning '' , Dylan Thomas in his Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog , Ogden Nash in his poem `` Portrait of the Artist as a Prematurely Old Man '' , Joseph Heller in Portrait of an Artist , as an Old Man , A.M. Klein in his poem `` Portrait of the Poet as Landscape , '' Andrew Barlow and Kent Roberts ' A Portrait of Yo Mama as a Young Man , Grayson Perry 's biography Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl , punk band Dillinger Four 's song Portrait of the Artist as a Fucking Asshole , and William Eastlake 's Portrait of an Artist with 26 Horses .
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man