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Sender: Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: that centaur ant
From: Jacob Korg <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 17:23:14 -0800
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Yes, it's awful to explicate this line, whose dazzling brilliance does
discourage close scrutiny. But lest Pound be accused of incoherence,I'd
suggest that a meaning is extractable. The "dragon world" is the puny
ant'sworld of mythic illusion, and within it he has the power and wisdom of a
Centaur -- powerful and wise creatures, one of whom was the teacherof
Aesculapius."Vanity" is a logical theme to follow -- more logical than
most of the Cantos' links.

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