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Mister Bob agreed with nearly all you say except for

> and metaphorically absurd, a-logical...

you mean in reference to Alba...?

but please accept the luxuriant almost Keatsian metaphor‹come on 'she' is
delightful and nakedly in his arms hence the lilies it might even be
biblical;
oops however wasn't Pound derogatory about Keats and Shelley calling them
Sheets and Kelly‹turning them into two minor Irish poets?
finally in The Encounter the 'she' is presented thus:

Her fingers were like the tissue
Of a Japanese paper napkin.

thank you for talking to me about Ezra £, Signor Sterlina!

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