Hugh Macdiarmid wrote a brief two-verse poem Cophetua in Scots, which is a slightly parodic treatment of the story. Polish composer Ludomir Rózycki wrote a symphonic poem "Król Cophetua", Op. 24, in 1910. Alice Munro titled one story in her 1980 collection, "The Beggar Maid". Before her marriage to Patrick, Rose is told by him: "You're like the Beggar Maid." "Who?" "King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid. You know. The painting." The American edition of Munro's collection is also titled The Beggar Maid, a change from the Canadian title, Who Do You Think You Are? References Sources King Cophetua and the Beggar-Maid (ballad) Fictional kings 16th-century broadside ballads Works about monarchs