▁may ▁have ▁been ▁influenced ▁by ▁Fut ur ism ▁( liter ature ), ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁likely ▁that ▁she ▁read ▁Vladimir ▁May akov sky ' s ▁poetry ▁while ▁studying ▁languages ▁at ▁É cole ▁des ▁Lang ues ▁Orient ales ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 8 . ▁Brig gs ▁positions ▁Mir r le es ▁within ▁a ▁line age ▁of ▁French ▁po ets ▁who ▁experiment ed ▁with ▁typ ography , ▁such ▁as ▁St é ph ane ▁Mall arm é ▁and ▁Guillaume ▁Ap oll inaire . ▁John ▁T . ▁Con nor ▁claims ▁that ▁her ▁work ▁also ▁pays ▁hom age ▁to ▁the ▁sal on ▁po ems ▁of ▁Anna ▁de ▁No a illes ▁and ▁Ag nes ▁Mary ▁Frances ▁Duc la ux . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Virginia ▁W ool f ▁described ▁the ▁poem ▁as ▁being ▁" very ▁obsc ure , ▁inde cent , ▁and ▁brilliant ." ▁However , ▁British ▁review ers ▁generally ▁had ▁a ▁negative ▁reaction ▁to ▁Paris ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁first ▁published . ▁One ▁review ▁from ▁The ▁Times ▁Liter ary ▁Supp lement ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁poem ' s ▁use ▁of ▁typ ography ▁" m ight ▁be ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁nur ser y ▁game . ▁It ▁does ▁not ▁belong ▁to ▁the ▁art ▁of ▁poetry ." ▁ ▁Contempor ary ▁critics ▁have ▁noted ▁that ▁Paris ▁uses ▁techniques ▁that ▁anticip ate ▁important ▁modern ist ▁works . ▁Like ▁Virginia ▁W ool f ' s ▁Mrs ▁D allow ay ▁and ▁James ▁Joy ce ' s ▁U ly ss es , ▁the ▁poem ▁dep ict s ▁a ▁single ▁day ▁in