Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HUGH SELWYN MAUBERLEY: 3, by EZRA POUND Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The tea-rose tea-gown, etc. Last Line: Shall I place a tin wreath upon! | ||||||||
The tea-rose tea-gown, etc. Supplants the mousseline of Cos, The pianola "replaces" Sappho's barbitos. Christ follows Dionysus, Phallic and ambrosial Made way for macerations, Caliban casts out Ariel. All things are a flowing, Sage Heracleitus says; But a tawdry cheapness Shall outlast our days. Even the Christian beauty Defects -- after Samothrace, We see To Kalon Decreed in the market place. Faun's flesh is not to us, Nor the saint's vision. We have the press for wafer; Franchise for circumcision. All men, in law, are equals. Free of Pisistratus, We choose a knave or an eunuch To rule over us. O bright Apollo, Tin andra, tin heroa, tin a theon, What god, man, or hero Shall I place a tin wreath upon! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ABU SALAMMAMM - A SONG OF EMPIRE by EZRA POUND HOMAGE TO SEXTUS PROPERTIUS: 10 by EZRA POUND HOMAGE TO SEXTUS PROPERTIUS: 11 by EZRA POUND |
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