Heather
Heather - fact Summary
Included in Personae
This brief lyric, included in Ezra Pound's collection Personae, presents a compact tableau of animal and female figures: a black panther walking beside the speaker, petal-like flames above his fingers, and milk-white girls unbending from holly-trees with a snow-white leopard watching. The poem relies on striking, condensed images to create an enigmatic, ritual or dreamlike scene rather than a clear narrative.
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