Les Millwin
Les Millwin - meaning Summary
Social Spectacle Observed
Pound sketches a brief, ironic scene at a Russian Ballet where the passive, pallid “little Millwins” sit in the upper seats while a vigorous deputation of Slade art students exuberantly admire the spectacle of Cleopatra. The poem contrasts the anaemic, spectator class with active, avant-garde viewers and closes by insisting this social tableau is worth noting. The tone is coolly observational and slightly sardonic.
Read Complete AnalysesThe little Millwins attend the Russian Ballet. The mauve and greenish souls of the little Millwins Were seen lying along the upper seats Like so many unused boas. The turbulent and undisciplined host of art students- The rigorous deputation from ‘Slade’- Was before them. With arms exalted, with fore-arms Crossed in great futuristic X's, the art students Exulted, they beheld the splendours of Cleopatra And the little Millwins beheld these things; With their large and anaemic eyes they looked out upon this configuration. Let us therefore mention the fact, For it seems to us worthy of record.
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