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Analysis and comments on A Girl by Ezra Pound

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Comment 18 of 38, added on July 22nd, 2005 at 12:52 PM.

only men with imagery think this awesome or else it could just be another
"folly to the world"

YEPWI DANIEL from Nigeria
Comment 17 of 38, added on June 13th, 2005 at 5:42 AM.

Exactly.What we really wanna write in our poems can only exist in imagnary
world n when we have finished writing a poem n come back to the real world,
it seems like whatever we have written will look foolish to the people who
will read it.But that carries a very moralic lesson.

Anne from Pakistan
Comment 16 of 38, added on May 19th, 2005 at 6:53 PM.

Ok...fist of this poet is a guy Natalie, if you would look at the huge
picture it gives you above the poems you might notice this fact. Thats all
I got.

John from Grenada
Comment 15 of 38, added on May 1st, 2005 at 2:54 PM.

I don't understand this poem. But I put it down in my notebook. It made me
write my own poem of Wonder, because it made me wonder. I love how Ezra
expressed his/her words in a different way. I'm happy I came to this
website!!!!

Natalie from United States
Comment 14 of 38, added on April 14th, 2005 at 8:35 AM.

i never read this poem, but i think itsd cool

ali from United States
Comment 13 of 38, added on April 6th, 2005 at 5:05 PM.

If we arenīt prepared we cant understand this.Ezra's poems are a mix of
perfection and sure.

Leonardo from Brazil
Comment 12 of 38, added on April 6th, 2005 at 5:00 PM.

Iīm just studying Ezra Pound.He is complicated at the same time he is
interesting, clear and direct.


Leonardo from Brazil
Comment 11 of 38, added on April 5th, 2005 at 2:43 AM.

This poem elaborates Ezra's view on history and culture in the context of a
young woman. The world of dry dead energyless civilisation is contrasted
against the natural pagan world, symbolised by the girl.

In ancient Rome there are many examples of women turning into plants and
animals in their fiction, such as Ovid's Metamorphoses. In this context of
the ancient world this happens in the presence of a God desiring the
woman.

Here I beleive the desire is unsatisfied, and the woman eludes him by
turning into a tree. Pound the poet is represented as a God in pursuit of
the human girl. The tendency of Pound to egotistical overstatement is
subtle here. But I understand that's what got him committed in his treason
case to an insane asylum.

Paul Bard from Australia
Comment 10 of 38, added on March 23rd, 2005 at 9:10 PM.

ezra pound poems are about truth

cowboy from United States
Comment 9 of 38, added on March 15th, 2005 at 6:38 PM.

This poem is very touching. It's one of my favorites.

jake from Canada

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Poet: Ezra Pound
Poem: A Girl
Added: Feb 4 2004
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Poem of the Day: Oct 4 2000


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