Not that I myself read the Cantos when I am far from home and feeling Frostian, but I have, on occasion, brought The Cantos abroad. The Cantos may be a working text or a moving text, and that is exactly the point; it is Dante, it is Odysseus, it is a journey, where at times the pilgrim yearns for his homeland. Although at times disdainful, it seems to me London is mentioned throughout The Cantos with much nostalgia. Friends, like in Dante's Inferno, are brought back from the underworld, even those who may have at one time pissed EP off, or stabbed him in the back (Lewis). The Pisan Cantos possesses a very discomforting position for the narrator, but is juxtaposed with perhaps some of the most beautiful imagery and language in all of the book. These fragmented passages of recalling, i think, can be very comforting. I do not think Mr.Romano had "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" in mind when asking his question. Considering Canto I starts with a voyage, I think homesickness does have a place amongst discussion. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com