The River-Merchant's Wife

The River-Merchant's Wife Questions and Answers

What is the main conflict of "The River-Merchant's Wife"?

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What's an example of imagery from the poem, "The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter"? What does it tell us about what the speaker is feeling?

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What images does Pound use to show how old the characters were when they met in "The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter"?

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What visual images does Pound employ in "River Merchant's Wife: A Letter"?

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In Ezra Pound's poem "The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter," how do any three of the plant and vegetation images function?

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What point does Ezra Pound's "The River-Merchant's wife: A Letter" make about love?

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