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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Ezra Pound's Hugh Selwyn Mauberly
Can anyone please help me understand when exactly Mauberly begins to 'speak'? I just don't see the transition from E.P to the persona of Mauberly.
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This is a very difficult poem and it is not clear to me that Mauberley ever actually speaks. The last half of the poem focuses on Mauberley (vs. P.
- This is a very difficult poem and it is not clear to me that Mauberley ever actually speaks.
- The last half of the poem focuses on Mauberley (vs.
- P.
- in the first half).
- " It is possible, however, that the words carved on an oar (I was/And I no more exist;/Here drifted/an hedonist") can be assigned to Mauberley.
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This is a very difficult poem and it is not clear to me that Mauberley ever actually speaks. The last half of the poem focuses on Mauberley (vs. E.P. in the first half). However, it is almost all at a distance and uses "he/him" rather than "I/me." It is possible, however, that the words carved on an oar (I was/And I no more exist;/Here drifted/an hedonist") can be assigned to Mauberley. If so,
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