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A compact sequence of lyrics and narrative poems reimagines medieval troubadour and classical voices through a modernist lens. The collection mixes stylized adaptations and persona pieces, ranging from jaunty ballads to mournful elegies, and tests forms such as sestina, sonnet, and canzone. Themes of love, loss, memory, exile, and the craft of song recur amid dense, allusive imagery. Shifts in diction and perspective create a chorus of historical and mythic echoes, prioritizing formal experimentation and vocal variety over linear narrative while inviting attentive, cross-temporal reading.

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Title: Provença

Poems selected from Personae, Exultations, and Canzoniere of Ezra Pound

Author: Ezra Pound

Release date: June 27, 2025 [eBook #76403]

Language: English

Original publication: Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1910

Credits: Sean Robson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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PROVENÇA

POEMS
SELECTED FROM PERSONAE, EXULTATIONS,
AND CANZONIERE
OF

EZRA POUND

BOSTON
SMALL, MAYNARD AND COMPANY

Publishers

Copyright, 1910,
By Ezra Pound

THE UNIVERSITY PRESS,
CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.