David Centrone wrote:
>
> Dan Pearlman:
>
> I've decided to revise my study and am probably going to pick a theme
> (usary, fraud, filial piety, etc.) which Pound introduces in I - XXX and
> follow its development through a much larger number of cantos.  I think that
> the problem with my original idea was that I was limiting the text to the
> first thirty cantos which would have been just enough to see just hints of
> things.  You suggested that I do an analysis of the various critics but I
> believe that that would be too difficult to accomplish in a mere 50 pages.
>
> My revised notion would limit the topic by focusing upon on single theme's
> reemergence (rather than limit the number of cantos); the structure would
> appear as the reoccurance of the theme would tend to emphasize it.
>
> Much gratitude,
>
> Dave
 
How about picking the sea as a leitmotif? My impression is that
throughout the cantos there is the sound of the sea, the sight
of the sea, or the feel of the sea.