Research Paper On Ezra Pound

Voices and Visions: Ezra Pound Out of all of the poets in the Voices and Visions series, Ezra Pound was one the few I was least familiar with. I’ve learned that he is one of modern poetry’s most significant figures–as well as one of the most controversial–of the twentieth century. He was committed and passionate about his work and about the advancement of poetry in the world. He had high standards for the arts and wasn’t afraid to rebuke anyone who didn’t meet them. Pound was born in Hailey, Idaho in 1885. However, not long after he was born his family moved to Pennsylvania. He was an only child. He left for Europe in 1908 and first settled in Venice, Italy. He was inspired by the work of Italian poet, Dante, and philosopher,
To me, this demonstrates that he truly cared more about poetry as a whole than he did his own work. He was especially concerned for other writers during wartime. He wanted to make sure quality poetry and literature was not lost. He was very supportive of writers James Joyce, Ford Madox Ford, and T.S. Eliot. In 1915, he helped to have Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” published. In 1916, he also helped Joyce get “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” published, among other
What the woman gives to them is equally useless. However, since she is entertaining important people, we can assume that she is higher up in social status. What the woman is surrounded with isn’t highly valued. She trades away things that aren’t worth anything, “Ideas, old gossip, oddments of all things”, for things that are equally worthless. What she receives isn’t hers, and what she has to trade away isn’t hers either. What the woman receives from other people is what she turns around and gives to other visitors. She doesn’t have any thoughts or ideas that are her own, but that is what she lives on. She would rather be second to a great mind, than first to a dull one. “Great minds have sought you…You preferred it to the usual thing: One dull