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.
Observed surface forms (1)
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| The Rock-Drill Cantos | 0 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
poetry sequence
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section of a long poem ⓘ |
| author | Ezra Pound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToWork | Ezra Pound’s long poem The Cantos ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Ezra Pound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
noted for complexity and difficulty
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noted for severity of tone ⓘ |
| focus |
critique of economic systems
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moral evaluation of historical figures ⓘ search for order in history ⓘ |
| genre | epic poem sequence ⓘ |
| hasPart | individual cantos ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
economic theory
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historical documents ⓘ mythological sources ⓘ |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
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Thrones (another late sequence of The Cantos) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
austere
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dense ⓘ |
| theme |
authority
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corruption ⓘ cultural memory ⓘ economics ⓘ ethical responsibility ⓘ history ⓘ justice ⓘ moral judgment ⓘ myth ⓘ politics ⓘ power ⓘ religion ⓘ ritual ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
allusion
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fragmentation ⓘ historical collage ⓘ multilingual quotation ⓘ |
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