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Poet: Ezra Pound (Ezra Pound Art)
Poem: Alba
Poem of the Day:
Feb 3 2001
Comment 6 of 6, added on May 22nd, 2009 at 11:18 AM.
Ronaldo, you got it right. ALBA, ALVA or MADRUGADA is a specific type of CANTIGAS, from the medieval period of portuguese poetry, but can also be found in other literatures. Donne has written "The Sunne Rising" and even Shakespeare introduced an ALBA in "Romeo and Juliet" (Act III, V). The theme is, in fact, the cursing of the coming of the dawn after a night of love. The parallel must be drawn there. BOA, Ronaldo!
marta from Portugal
Comment 5 of 6, added on March 12th, 2009 at 3:04 PM.
This poem seems concerning a kind of medieval theme that we can found in the medieval portuguese poetry, called "cantigas". There is a kind of "cantiga" called "ALBA", in these, the lover sings the day after a night of love (a night when he meets after your journey her damsel). Itīs not a coincidence the title of the pound's poem to be "Alba" too. It seems a reference to the theme of these medieval portuguese tradition. Pound was a great studious im all kind of poetic traditions.
Ronaldo from Brazil
Comment 4 of 6, added on January 12th, 2006 at 7:20 PM.
Alba is a true representation of imagism .
it deals with objects as imagism is the poetry of objects .It also reflects Pound's influence by the images of nature , namely the Japanese hyko .by the lily , cool , Pound means that nature becomes cool in emotions as the life in the metropolis .
NOHA HASANMOSTAFA from Egypt
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Ronaldo, you got it right. ALBA, ALVA or MADRUGADA is a specific type of CANTIGAS, from the medieval period of portuguese poetry, but can also be found in other literatures. Donne has written "The Sunne Rising" and even Shakespeare introduced an ALBA in "Romeo and Juliet" (Act III, V). The theme is, in fact, the cursing of the coming of the dawn after a night of love. The parallel must be drawn there. BOA, Ronaldo!
marta from Portugal