Please help me analyze this poem "A Girl" By Ezra Pound?

Question

The tree has entered my hands,
The sap has ascended my arms,
The tree has grown in my breast -
Downward,
The branches grow out of me, like arms.

Tree you are,
Moss you are,
You are violets with wind above them.
A child - so high - you are,
And all this is folly to the world.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Simple Answer: You're asking for the key to modernistic poetry. Only Ezra Pound can provide that. Unfortunately, he's not among the present or living. You need to understand WHO he was, WHERE he came from and WHY he chose to write with the economy of words. You must first let the VERSE enter your mind and FEEL each word through IMAGERY and then PROPEL yourself through the poem as blood travels through your veins. Basically what he poem is telling you is (vulgaristically): No matter who or what you are the world really doesn't care. That was Ezra Pound alright.

Source(s):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Pound

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