A Parody Anthology

Parody is the highest form of flattery, or at least the funniest. This 1904 anthology gathers playful imitations of the era's most revered literary works, proving that to truly love a poem is to make it golf about golf. Carolyn Wells opens the collection with a witty defense of parody as art - the clever disguise that reveals deep literary affection. The anthology features brilliant spoofs of Shakespeare's sonnets, beloved nursery rhymes, and most notably, The Golfer's Rubaiyat - Omar Khayyam's philosophical verses transformed into the eternal struggle of the links. These are poems that mock their sources while demonstrating genuine mastery of the original forms. For readers who appreciate great literature and can laugh at it. The parodists understood their sources so completely that their imitations become loving tributes wrapped in humor.