The early poems spanning from A LUME SPENTO to THE SAN TROVASO NOTEBOOK. With annotations and notes.
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Pound's finest verse,
This review is from: Collected Early Poems of Ezra Pound (Paperback)
Pound's forays into the realm of the past, evinced by his interest in the Provencal trouvéres and the ancient Chinese and Japanese poets (whose works he rendered into English from notes made by the Sinologist Ernest Fenollosa) formed the basis of his early poetic enterprise. In terms of style, these early poems display a rarely paralleled originality, in combination with reserves of hermetic knowledge. This collection, which includes the translations (or paraphrases) of "Cathay", the impersonations of "Personae" and the renovations and improvisations of "Ripostes" and "Lustra" contains the best of Pound's poetry. It is not laden with the overlearnedness and pedantic eccentricity that make "The Cantos", (falsely called Pound's "masterpiece") such a brilliant failure, even by Pound's own admission. Moreover, they are possibly the most refreshing and original of Pound's works, displaying a remarkable novelty and a healthy erudition. Highly recommended.
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Pound's first poems in edition,
By Dirceu Villa (Sao Paulo, SP BRAZIL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Collected Early Poems of Ezra Pound (Paperback)
"The Collected Early Poems of Ezra Pound" is mostly a book for people who had already read Personae - the 1926 edition of Pound's standard collection of his own minor poems - or are interested in the former career of Pound. These will be pleased to find the famous poems (e.g. "Redondillas") which they only knew by name and references, as well as famous books here collected for the first time (especially 1908's "A Lume Spento," "Canzoni" (1911), and the " Miscellaneous Poems," not previously collected). It's a fine edition with useful notes and reproducctions of all the original title pages.
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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 splendor as their compass is, So, bold My Songs, seek ye such death as this. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
passeth vigil, purifiez nos coeurs, lack your reward, mine own kind, wind thereof, elf words, leaf words, swords clash, collected shorter poems Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ezra Pound, Pound Archive, English Review, Goodly Fere, Smart Set, High Priest of Iacchus, Quia Amore, San Trovaso Notebook, English King, Poetry Review, Lume Spento, The New Poetry, Ali God, Alt God, Hilda's Book, I-even I-am, White Poppy, Book News Monthly, Christophori Columbi, Great God, New York, Out of Erebus, Sail of Claustra, Arnaut Daniel, Selected Poems New!
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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 splendor as their compass is, So, bold My Songs, seek ye such death as this. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
passeth vigil, purifiez nos coeurs, lack your reward, mine own kind, wind thereof, elf words, leaf words, swords clash, collected shorter poems Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ezra Pound, Pound Archive, English Review, Goodly Fere, Smart Set, High Priest of Iacchus, Quia Amore, San Trovaso Notebook, English King, Poetry Review, Lume Spento, The New Poetry, Ali God, Alt God, Hilda's Book, I-even I-am, White Poppy, Book News Monthly, Christophori Columbi, Great God, New York, Out of Erebus, Sail of Claustra, Arnaut Daniel, Selected Poems New!
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