Did you remember Francois Villon? S. At 2:47 PM -0500 3/30/98, Tanya Adele Koehnke wrote: >Dear Ezra Pound List Subscribers: > >In my second-last year of undergraduate studies in English Literature, I >wrote a >n essay >on Ezra Pound's poem, "Villonaud for this Yule". After researching the word >"villonaud", I came up with little more than my own insight about its meaning. >I >suggested that Pound, an Early Modernist, may have been mocking the >traditional >"villanelle" form by using the term "villonaud". Noting that "vil" is the >Frenc >h word >for "cheap, of little value", and that "aud" rings of "ode", I further >argued th >at >"Villonaud for this Yule" is a cheap ode (or spiritually impoverished >"hymn") ab >out >Christmas. > >In retrospect, I am now wondering whether I was on the right track with >regards >to the >term "villonaud". I would greatly appreciate any responses to my insights!! > >Sincerely, > >Tanya ([log in to unmask])