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Ezra Pound
Modern
American Poetry: Ezra Pound
This site provides a wealth of information on the poet Ezra
Pound, including commentaries on several of his poems. Go
to the links for the two poems you are studying and read the
critiques. Then add your own comments by writing a short analysis
of "In a Station of the Metro" or "A Pact."
Petals
on a Wet Black Bough
This site preserves an exhibition on American Modernist Writers
and the Orient, held at Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript
Library in 1996. Ezra Pound was a leader in this movement
which saw writers looking to the Far East for inspiration.
As you explore the site, be sure to read the link on Ezra
Pound and his mentor in this area, Ernest Fenollosa. In the
Web
Links Activity Log record three
important facts you learn from your exploration.
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