Ité
Ité - meaning Summary
Praise from the Selective
Pound addresses his poems as if they were sentient, instructing them to seek approval only from choosy, idealistic audiences. He advocates targeting those who demand perfection and standing willingly in a severe, classical light that exposes flaws. The poem urges artists to accept harsh judgment as a necessary, even welcome, means of refinement rather than pandering to broad or complacent approval.
Read Complete AnalysesGo, my songs, seek your praise from the young and from the intolerant, Move among the lovers of perfection alone. Seek ever to stand in the hard Sophoclean light And take you wounds from it gladly.
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