I don't have Canto 72 with me, but I think Pound is referring to Ezzelino
da Romano, the tyrant and condottiere of the 13th century, who is a figure
in one of Pound's favorite poems, Browning's Sordello.I don't know
anything about the donkey.
Jacob Korg
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> I believe Ezalino is the ghoul (fool) who made the mistake of trying to
> reason with the donkey.
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> In a message dated 07/13/2000 6:58:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> P.s. In Canto LXXII Pound writes,
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> "I said: 'who are you'?
> 'I am that Ezalino who didn't believe
> the world was made by a jew,...'"
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> Can anyone tell me who Ezalino is?
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