Winter is icummen in,
Lhude sing Goddamm,
Raineth drop and staineth slop
And how the wind doth ramm!Ezra Pound (1885-1972) American expatriate poet, critic, intellectual
“Ancient Music” l. 1-4 (1902)
Parody of Anglo-Saxon poem, "Cuckoo Song." Full text.
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A slave is one who waits for someone else to free him.
Ezra Pound (1885-1972) American expatriate poet, critic, intellectual
“Gists,” Impact: Essays on Ignorance and the Decline of American Civilization, ed. Noel Stock (1960)
You can spot a bad critic when he starts by discussing the poet and not the poem.
Ezra Pound (1885-1972) American expatriate poet, critic, intellectual
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