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geekwayne's review against another edition
4.0
'Early Poems' by Ezra Pound is a nice, inexpensive collection. I know he wrote and translated a lot of poetry, but I wasn't that familiar with his work. This was a good introduction.
There is a good selection of work here from Five other works. There are poems based on ballads. There are translations. I like epic poetry, but the Asian translations are what really hooked me in this collection. The style goes from heavy toned ballad to these delicate, descriptive poems about something like a river's song or a letter to a wife.
I'm sure my appreciation of this sort of work could have been improved if I'd had a more classic education. I picked it up because it was a short work filled with poems I was unfamiliar with. I enjoyed reading this short volume. It's a good introduction.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Dover Publications and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
There is a good selection of work here from Five other works. There are poems based on ballads. There are translations. I like epic poetry, but the Asian translations are what really hooked me in this collection. The style goes from heavy toned ballad to these delicate, descriptive poems about something like a river's song or a letter to a wife.
I'm sure my appreciation of this sort of work could have been improved if I'd had a more classic education. I picked it up because it was a short work filled with poems I was unfamiliar with. I enjoyed reading this short volume. It's a good introduction.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Dover Publications and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
mattinthebooks's review against another edition
4.0
“When I behold how black, immortal ink
Drips from my deathless pen— ah, well-away!
Why should we stop at all for what I think?
There is enough in what I chance to say.” -Silet
The poems in this collection are fairly hit-or-miss, with an incredible variance in writing style, poetic medium, and subject matter. There are a few in here that made a fairly big impact on me on the first read. Now that I have finished it, I might go back for a second read. It is probably more impactful to people that lived in Pound’s time, but I see why Hemingway thought he was a stand-up kind of guy.
Drips from my deathless pen— ah, well-away!
Why should we stop at all for what I think?
There is enough in what I chance to say.” -Silet
The poems in this collection are fairly hit-or-miss, with an incredible variance in writing style, poetic medium, and subject matter. There are a few in here that made a fairly big impact on me on the first read. Now that I have finished it, I might go back for a second read. It is probably more impactful to people that lived in Pound’s time, but I see why Hemingway thought he was a stand-up kind of guy.
mattlikesbooks's review against another edition
4.0
“When I behold how black, immortal ink
Drips from my deathless pen— ah, well-away!
Why should we stop at all for what I think?
There is enough in what I chance to say.” -Silet
The poems in this collection are fairly hit-or-miss, with an incredible variance in writing style, poetic medium, and subject matter. There are a few in here that made a fairly big impact on me on the first read. Now that I have finished it, I might go back for a second read. It is probably more impactful to people that lived in Pound’s time, but I see why Hemingway thought he was a stand-up kind of guy.
Drips from my deathless pen— ah, well-away!
Why should we stop at all for what I think?
There is enough in what I chance to say.” -Silet
The poems in this collection are fairly hit-or-miss, with an incredible variance in writing style, poetic medium, and subject matter. There are a few in here that made a fairly big impact on me on the first read. Now that I have finished it, I might go back for a second read. It is probably more impactful to people that lived in Pound’s time, but I see why Hemingway thought he was a stand-up kind of guy.
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