The Rest
The Rest - meaning Summary
Voicing Art's Fragile Survivors
Pound addresses a small, persecuted group of artists and sensitive people in his country who are marginalized, mistrusted, and unable to conform to institutional or commercial pressures. He names their hunger for beauty, their resistance to repetition, and their isolation under false knowledge. The poem offers recognition and consolation; Pound presents himself as someone who has endured exile and hardship and thus as proof that endurance is possible.
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