Canto Xlv Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDAEFGHAIJKALAAMHCB N AOAAPQAAARLRNASHNTRC NCJN NLRA C| With Usura | A |
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| With usura hath no man a house of good stone | B |
| each block cut smooth and well fitting | C |
| that design might cover their face | D |
| with usura | A |
| hath no man a painted paradise on his church wall | E |
| harpes et luz | F |
| or where virgin receiveth message | G |
| and halo projects from incision | H |
| with usura | A |
| seeth no man Gonzaga his heirs and his concubines | I |
| no picture is made to endure nor to live with | J |
| but it is made to sell and sell quickly | K |
| with usura sin against nature | A |
| is thy bread ever more of stale rags | L |
| is thy bread dry as paper | A |
| with no mountain wheat no strong flour | A |
| with usura the line grows thick | M |
| with usura is no clear demarcation | H |
| and no man can find site for his dwelling | C |
| Stonecutter is kept from his tone | B |
| weaver is kept from his loom | N |
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| WITH USURA | A |
| wool comes not to market | O |
| sheep bringeth no gain with usura | A |
| Usura is a murrain usura | A |
| blunteth the needle in the maid's hand | P |
| and stoppeth the spinner's cunning Pietro Lombardo | Q |
| came not by usura | A |
| Duccio came not by usura | A |
| nor Pier della Francesca Zuan Bellin' not by usura | A |
| nor was La Calunnia' painted | R |
| Came not by usura Angelico came not Ambrogio Praedis | L |
| Came no church of cut stone signed Adamo me fecit | R |
| Not by usura St Trophime | N |
| Not by usura Saint Hilaire | A |
| Usura rusteth the chisel | S |
| It rusteth the craft and the craftsman | H |
| It gnaweth the thread in the loom | N |
| None learneth to weave gold in her pattern | T |
| Azure hath a canker by usura cramoisi is unbroidered | R |
| Emerald findeth no Memling | C |
| Usura slayeth the child in the womb | N |
| It stayeth the young man's courting | C |
| It hath brought palsey to bed lyeth | J |
| between the young bride and her bridegroom | N |
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| CONTRA NATURAM | N |
| They have brought whores for Eleusis | L |
| Corpses are set to banquet | R |
| at behest of usura | A |
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| N B Usury A charge for the use of purchasing power levied without regard to production often without regard to the possibilities of production Hence the failure of the Medici bank | C |
Ezra Pound
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