The Seeing Eye
The Seeing Eye - meaning Summary
Observation and Perspective
Pound contrasts two groups—the small dogs and the young, versus the big dogs and their seniors—to explore how size, status, and age affect attention. The larger or older figures are portrayed as clumsy, inattentive, or preoccupied with broad correlations, while the small and young register subtle, concrete detail. The closing remark by Tsin-Tsu privileges minute observation and suggests a critique of authority’s blind spots.
Read Complete AnalysesThe small dogs look at the big dogs; They observe unwieldy dimensions And curious imperfections of odor. Here is the formal male group: The young men look upon their seniors, They consider the elderly mind And observe its inexplicable correlations. Said Tsin-Tsu: It is only in small dogs and the young That we find minute observation
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