Salutation The Second Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDB EFG HI JK LMDBN BO BPQRSRBRS RRBRTQ| You were praised my books | A |
| because I had just come from the country | B |
| I was twenty years behind the times | C |
| so you found an audience ready | B |
| I do not disown you | D |
| do not you disown your progeny | B |
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| Here they stand without quaint devices | E |
| Here they are with nothing archaic about them | F |
| Observe the irritation in general | G |
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| Is this they say 'the nonsense | H |
| that we expect of poets | I |
| 'Where is the Picturesque ' | - |
| Where is the vertigo of emotion ' | - |
| No his first work was the best | J |
| 'Poor Dear he has lost his illusions | K |
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| Go little naked and impudent songs | L |
| Go with a light foot | M |
| Or with two light feet if it please you | D |
| Go and dance shamelessly | B |
| Go with an impertinent frolic | N |
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| Greet the grave and the stodgy | B |
| Salute them with your thumbs at your noses | O |
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| Here are your bells and confetti | B |
| Go rejuvenate things | P |
| Rejuvenate even 'The Spectator | Q |
| Go and make cat calls | R |
| Dance and make people blush | S |
| Dance the dance of the phallus | R |
| and tell anecdotes of Cybele | B |
| Speak of the indecorous conduct of the Gods | R |
| Tell it to Mr Strachey | S |
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| Ruffle the skirts of prudes | R |
| speak of their knees and ankles | R |
| But above all go to practical people | B |
| go jangle their door bells | R |
| Say that you do no work | T |
| and that you will live forever | Q |
Ezra Pound
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