A venerable old man especially, the oldest man, the father of a village or neighbourhood the veteran or oldest living representative of a class, profession, art, or such. One who is regarded as the father or founder of an order, institution, or tradition, or (by extension) of a science, school of thought, or the like.ĥ. The title of the Latin bishops of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem also, of those of the three minor patriarchates, the Indies, Lisbon, and Venice.Ĥ. In the Roman Catholic Church a bishop second only to the pope in episcopal, and to the pope and cardinals in hierarchical rank, and next above primates and metropolitans. Also the title of the heads of the other Eastern Churches, as the Abyssinian, Armenian, Jacobite, and Coptic.ģ. The title of the bishops of the four patriarchates of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem, the Patriarch of Constantinople being the Head of the Church or Ecumenical Patriarch. The father and ruler of a family or tribe specifically in the New Testament, and uses derived from there, the twelve sons of Jacob, from whom the tribes of Israel were descended also, the fathers of the race, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and their forefathers.Ģ. Life on Shinbone Alley, the little fetid corner of New York where Archy and his pals hang out, has a mythic quality, and the myth that comes to mind is Sisyphus: always reaching for the top, always falling back into the same old muck, always dusting off and starting the journey again.1. We found 9 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word -archy: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where '-archy' is defined. If The Metamorphosis is a comic nightmare vision of the dehumanizing essence of modern culture, Archy and Mehitabel is a sadly knowing comic ode to optimism, and as such, a much more American tale. Bob Hicks, writing in the Ashland Report, says: I hope to reprint a few more over the next month to highlight Marquis’s craft and talent, as well as his take on some social issues that are still with us. I believe all are now in the public domain. I checked the originals to make sure the poems were both complete and had the proper spacing. Archy Confesses was copied from Poem du Jour. The Old Trouper was copied from The Crushed Tragedian‘s blog site, Pete the Parrot from. He must be grateful that he is being lynchedĪll three poems appear in his first collection, “ archy & mehitabel,” published in 1927, in the omnibus collection of his three books, “ the life and times of archy and mehitabel,” (Doubleday Doran, 1935) and in The Best of Archy and Mehitabel (Everyman’s Library, 2011), but none appear in The Annotated Archy and Mehitabel (Penguin Classics, 2006). In another example, archy writes scathingly: As H2G2 notes about the era, “Racism, jingoism and simple desperation were endemic throughout most of the world.” I don’t believe Marquis was himself a racist, but rather that he used archy to comment ironically on racism and other social ills of his day throughout his career, as he does here. I have run into similar wording in some of the sheet music I’ve collected from the 1920s. You also find in “pete the parrot” what would today be politically incorrect or even racially offensive wording. It’s interesting that while they appear odd at first read, you quickly become accustomed to the style and learn to read them quickly, despite the lack of punctuation and capitals. More information was posted in my previous blog piece about Marquis and his characters. They are indicative of his style and show both free and rhyming verse. The poems by Don Marquis were written between 19.
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