Ezra Pound

Trae Judd         February 21, 1996         period 3                  ' An intellectual hatred is the worst' (Bartlett's 80). This sentiment expressed by Yeats sums up Ezra Pound's character. While he lives on as a gifted poet and historian, people will always remember Pound for his strong anti-Semitism. These ideas stained his writing and his character. Ezra Pound wrote many poems of questionable understanding. One moment he exhibited kindness, and the next he behaved as a seven-year-old writing poetry, words illegible and …

…covers awards and critical acclaim.                  1.Bollinger                  2.Distinguished Service Award                  3.Library of Congress Award II. The following paragraph talks about his poem ' An Immortal'         A. Show his true feelings                  1. love         B. Opinions differed                  1. Thought he didn't feel that way                  2. the best orthodox poem III. The next paragraph deals with the set of poems called the 'Cantos'         A. An out let for his Ideas on life                  1. Hatred                  2. anti-Semitism                  3. Time in institution         B. Didn't make complete sense