In my opinion, the particular tripartitie structure mentioned below was a temporary one of Pound's, and a superficial one at that. The depth structure, working at various levels, is the Dantesque one--hell, purg, paradise--and is applicable for the entire poem, not just 1-16. ==Dan Pearlman > >> Does anyone know of any critics who have attempted a breakdown of the >> first 16 Cantos (or even the entire work) in terms of this tri-partite >> (ephemeral/recurrent/eternal) structure? I have been working on it >> myself, but it seems likely that someone would have attempted this >> already. >> Dan Pearlman Office: Department of English 102 Blackstone Blvd. #5 University of Rhode Island Providence, RI 02906 Kingston, RI 02881 Tel.: 401 453-3027 Tel.: 401 874-4659 email: [log in to unmask] Fax: 401 874-2580