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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PHANOPOEIA: CONCAVA VALLIS, by EZRA POUND Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The wire-like bands of colour involute Last Line: Stretches both sea-cliff and ocean. | |||
The wire-like bands of colour involute mount from my fingers; I have wrapped the wind round your shoulders And the molten metal of your shoulders bends into the turn of the wind, AOI! The whirling tissue of light is woven and grows solid beneath us; The sea-clear sapphire of air, the sea-dark clarity, stretches both sea-cliff and ocean. | 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 |
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