Analysis Of H. D. Pound's 'Dryad'

Pound thought that in all times life has always presented fragments to the mind. This is the natural case…Since life presents fragments, it’s not surprising that our minds are inherently disposed to work with them. Though Pound’s fragments are perfectly definite, their implications are endless and contradictory (223-224).
Pound also extracts from Greek mythology presenting the word in Greek. That is to say, Pound named H.D. “Dryad,” the wood spirit muse of his earliest poems. “Dryad”, or “Δρυάς is a tree nymph, or tree spirit, in Greek mythology. Nature here is presented through Dryad’s eyes. Her eyes are presented as “guides of love, enabling man to see beyond sensible reality to the intelligible” (Liebregts 284). To make a long story short,
In the previous ones, he gives reflections of the past. However, in the last part, he presents his ideas about the present conditions. Pound states that he is an old man who cannot be expected to do anything, especially under the present circumstances. He registers frustrated and exhausted mood seeing that his efforts came to nothing. The Canto comes to an end repeating the notion that he is an old man under tremendous pressure who asks to be left alone, who needs rest. All in all, despite the fact that nature is made up of small things such as wasps, and ants, it has a potential to higher reality, divine sources. In this aspect, water and light which are the basic elements of the flow in life signal the ongoing process. The images about nature in this canto carry the same idea creating a never-ending energy in readers’ minds as a result of vortex effect because reality lies within the nature. Thus nature transforms into a gift of healing power in his mind. Giving direct presentation of the fragmented images, Pound contributes to creating a unity in readers’ minds as well, which enables his readers to find a golden key for a higher