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TEMPORA by EZRA POUND

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: IO! IO! TAMUZ!
Last Line: "MAY MY POEMS BE PRINTED THIS WEEK?"

Io! Io! Tamuz!
The Dryad stands in my court-yard
With plaintive, querulous crying.
(Tamuz. Io! Tamuz!)
Oh, no, she is not crying: "Tamuz."
She says, "May my poems be printed this week?
The god Pan is afraid to ask you,
May my poems be printed this week?"



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