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    Early Poems
    Early Poems
    Early Poems
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    Early Poems

    By Ezra Pound

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    American poet Ezra Pound (1885–1972) was among the most influential literary figures of the twentieth century. As a poet, he founded the Imagist movement (c. 1909–17), which advocated the use of precise, concrete images in a free-verse setting. As an editor, he fostered the careers of William Butler Yeats, T. S. Eliot, and Robert Frost. As a force in the literary world, he championed James Joyce and Wyndham Lewis. Pound also helped to create a modern movement in poetry in which, in T. S. Eliot's words, "English and American poets collaborated, knew each other's works, and influenced each other."
    Long an expatriate, Pound's questionable political activities during World War II distracted many from the value of his literary work. Nevertheless, his status as a major American poet has never been in doubt, as this choice collection of fifty-seven early poems amply proves. Here are poems — including a number not found in other anthologies — from Personae (1909), Exultations (1909), Ripostes (1912), and Cathay (1915) as well as selections from his major sequence "Hugh Selwyn Mauberley" (1920).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateJan 14, 2016
    ISBN9780486810027
    Early Poems
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    Ezra Pound

    Ezra Pound (1885–1972) is one of the most influential, and controversial, poets of the twentieth century. His poetry remains vital, challenging, contentious, unassimilable.

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      This was a nice little collection of poems which serves as a nice introduction to Williams. At just 55 pages, it leaves you wanting more, but doesn't overwhelm the reader either. My favorite poems were:From Al Que Quiere! 1917TractA Portrait in GreysFrom Sour Grapes Thursday The poetry is simple in language and forgoes complex rhyming schemes. What results is poetry that captures you with the subject matter and appreciation for things not normally noticed - leaves, grass, people, etc. This bare approach to poetry brings power to the words, set in such a stark format.

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    Early Poems - Ezra Pound

    Grace before Song

    Lord God of heaven that with mercy dight

    Th’ alternate prayer-wheel of the night and light

    Eternal hath to thee, and in whose sight

    Our days as rain drops in the sea surge fall,

    As bright white drops upon a leaden sea

    Grant so my songs to this grey folk may be:

    As drops that dream and gleam and falling catch the sun,

    Evan’scent mirrors every opal one

    Of such his splendour as their compass is,

    So, bold My Songs, seek ye such death as this.

    Cino

    Italian Campagna 1309, the open road.

    Bah! I have sung women in three cities,

    But it is all the same;

    And I will sing of the sun.

    Lips, words, and you snare them,

    Dreams, words, and they are as jewels,

    Strange spells of old deity,

    Ravens, nights, allurement:

    And they are not;

    Having become the souls of song.

    Eyes, dreams, lips, and the night goes.

    Being upon the road once more,

    They are not.

    Forgetful in their towers of our tuneing

    Once for Wind-runeing

    They dream us-toward and

    Sighing, say "Would

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