Canto 74 (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ezra Pound
- First Published: 1948
- Type of Work: Poetic sequence
- Genres: Free verse, Poetry, Epic, Lyric sequence
- Subjects: Dictators, Mythology or myths, Prisons, World War II, Gods or goddesses, Money, Italy or Italians, China or Chinese people, Treason, Prisoners of war
The Poem
Canto 74 is the first poem in an eleven-poem set called The Pisan Cantos, which occurs about midway in the long poetic sequence the Cantos. Most Ezra Pound scholars agree that The Pisan Cantos contains some of the most powerful and beautiful passages in the entire sequence of 120 cantos. Like the remainder of the poem, The Pisan Cantos interweaves scores of themes and motifs into a tapestry containing elements drawn from world history, the literature of many countries and periods, and from Pound’s own life. In fact, Pound often described...
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