▁first ▁edition ▁mistaken ly ▁has ▁the ▁year ▁ 1 9 1 9 , ▁it ▁was ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁by ▁Leonard ▁and ▁Virginia ▁W ool f ▁at ▁the ▁Hog arth ▁Press . ▁Only ▁ 1 7 5 ▁copies ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁edition ▁were ▁distributed . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁the ▁poem ▁was ▁repr int ed ▁in ▁an ▁edition ▁of ▁Mir r le es ' s ▁Collect ed ▁Po ems , ▁edited ▁by ▁San deep ▁Par mar , ▁which ▁helped ▁create ▁more ▁critical ▁interest . ▁ ▁The ▁poem ▁is ▁a ▁psych oge ography ▁of ▁post - World ▁War ▁I ▁Paris . ▁The ▁speaker ▁goes ▁on ▁a ▁day - long ▁st roll , ▁beginning ▁in ▁a ▁Metro ▁tunnel , ▁before ▁emer ging ▁onto ▁the ▁streets ▁and ▁visit ing ▁sites ▁such ▁as ▁gard ens ▁and ▁museum s . ▁References ▁to ▁advert is ements , ▁works ▁of ▁art , ▁literature , ▁and ▁music , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁conversation ▁fragments , ▁are ▁inter sp ers ed ▁throughout . ▁Part s ▁of ▁the ▁poem ▁im itate ▁the ▁appearance ▁of ▁the ▁thing ▁being ▁described , ▁such ▁as ▁post ers ▁and ▁pla ques . ▁While ▁the ▁poem ▁is ▁primarily ▁written ▁in ▁English , ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁lines ▁use ▁French ▁and ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁words ▁are ▁in ▁Greek . ▁Mir r le es ▁never ▁wrote ▁anything ▁similar ▁in ▁style ▁after ▁Paris . ▁ ▁Publishing ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁poem , ▁Hog arth ▁Press ' s ▁fifth ▁publication , ▁was ▁printed ▁and ▁se