Ezra+Pound

**__Ezra Loomis Pound__** By: Caleb, Jessi, Ryan

**__Life Summary__** Ezra Loomis Pound was a famous poet and essayist. He was born on October 30, 1885 in Hailey, Idaho. He was friends with William Butler Yeats and James Joyce. He helped T.S. Eliot, Robert Frost, and William Carlos Williams get where they are now. He left the United States in 1908 and moved to various countries including Venice, Italy; London, England; Paris, France and; Rappolo, Italy. While in Italy he was arrested for treason and sent to a army camp near Pisa, Italy where he wrote the //Pisan Cantos// in 1946 and later that year was judged mentally insane and sent to a mental hospital in Washington D.C. In 1958 he was released from the mental hospital and returned to Italy for the rest of his life.

**__Extra Information__** 1945 U.S. arrested Ezra Pound for treason. Imprisoned at an army camp near Pisa, Italy. When imprisoned he wrote the Pisan Cantos. Judged insane in 1946 and spent 12 years in a mental hospital in Washington D.C., United States. Released in 1958 and returned to Italy. = **__Picture__ ** =
 * __Profession__**
 * Essayist
 * Poet
 * __Life Span__**
 * Date of birth: October 30, 1885( in Hailey, Idaho, United States)
 * Date of death: November 1, 1972 (In Italy)
 * 1885-1972
 * 87 year life
 * Left country in 1908
 * Full name is Ezra Loomis Pound
 * __Famous Friends__**
 * William Butler Yeats
 * James Joyce
 * __People He Helped__**
 * T.S. Eliot
 * Robert Frost
 * William Carlos Williams
 * __Places He Lived__**
 * Venice, Italy
 * London, England
 * Paris, France
 * Rappolo, Italy
 * Hailey, Idaho, United States
 * Washington D.C., United States
 * __Famous Poems__**
 * The Cantos (1917-1972)(Incomplete poem)(I-XVI (1-16th)Cantos (rough draft)was finished in 1925 but was not respected. The Cantos XLV(45)also known as Usura and the Cantos XIII(18) were both respected because it showed good governance.)800 pages.
 * Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920)
 * Pisan Cantos (1946)
 * Ballad of the Goodly Fere(1997)
 * __Fun Facts__**

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 * __Sources__**
 * Axelrod, Steven Gould. "Pound, Ezra." World Book Student. World Book, 2011. Web. 28 Nov. 2011.
 * Axelrod, Steven Gould. //The World Book Encyclopedia.// Vol. P. Chicago: World Book, 2006.p.15 Print.
 * Groundbreaking Book: The Cantos by Ezra Pound (1925)." Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More//. Web. 30 Nov. 2011.

Suggested Poems (Highlight different color for what you want to do) Caleb: My Part Ryan: My Part Jessie:

[Greek] Be in me as the eternal moods of the bleak wind, > Have me in the strong loneliness of sunless cliffs > And of gray waters. > Let the gods speak softly of us > In days hereafter, > the shadowy flowers of Orcus > Remember thee.
 * and not as transient things are—gaiety of flowers.

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