On Moore’s Last Operatic Farce, or Farcical Opera
Good plays are scarce: So Moore writes farce. The poet’s fame grows brittle– We knew before That Little’s Moore, But now ’tis Moore that’s little.
September 14, 1811.
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On Moore’s Last Operatic Farce, or Farcical Opera - meaning Summary
Satire of Reputation
This short, biting poem ridicules a contemporary named Moore by calling his new operatic farce trivial and his reputation fragile. The speaker dismisses the work as another scarce, inferior play and delivers a punning barb that shrinks Moore to "little," implying diminished talent and public esteem. It reads as a concise satirical jab at literary reputation and the transient nature of artistic fame.
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