The Rock‑Drill Cantos

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The Rock-Drill Cantos are a later sequence within Ezra Pound’s long poem "The Cantos," marked by a denser, more austere style and a focus on myth, economics, and moral judgment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf poetry sequence
section of a long poem
author Ezra Pound NERFINISHED
belongsToWork Ezra Pound’s long poem The Cantos
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Ezra Pound NERFINISHED
criticalReception noted for complexity and difficulty
noted for severity of tone
focus critique of economic systems
moral evaluation of historical figures
search for order in history
genre epic poem sequence
hasPart individual cantos
influencedBy economic theory
historical documents
mythological sources
language English
literaryForm modernist poetry
literaryMovement Modernism
partOf The Cantos NERFINISHED
period 20th century literature
positionInSeries later sequence within The Cantos
relatedWork The Pisan Cantos NERFINISHED
Thrones (another late sequence of The Cantos) NERFINISHED
style austere
dense
theme authority
corruption
cultural memory
economics
ethical responsibility
history
justice
moral judgment
myth
politics
power
religion
ritual
usesTechnique allusion
fragmentation
historical collage
multilingual quotation

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The Cantos notableSection The Rock‑Drill Cantos