Titus & Felix start their discussion of the Ezra Pound's poem, The study in aesthetics. Children in the street, at play, are seized by the sight of a beautiful woman. We discuss shamelessness & nature.

Ezra Pound, The study in aesthetics 1

Titus & Felix complete their discussion of Ezra Pound's poem The study in aesthetics. The experience of the beautiful emerges in everyday work & in the restlessness of a young man. The origin of poetry & its relation to the sense of shame are today's discussion.

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Ezra Pound, The study in aesthetics 2

The apparition of faces in the crowd.
Petals on a wet black bough.
This is the famous poem that taught Ezra Pound he had to condense experiences into images that would function both as symbols & as puzzles. Titus & Felix discuss how Pound discovers in every day experiences the tragic character of our lives.

Ezra Pound, In a station of the Metro

This is the Modern Poetry Podcast. We're going to be talking about how modern poetry rediscovers the fundamental human experiences--you'll hear full interpretations of poems, without jargon or evasions. Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, &c.

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