e a direct result of its beginning. As the author rethinks it over, he realizes that it could be too much he is asking for. Nevertheless, he does not mind settling for less. The verb change from “Give” in line two to “Lend” in line thirteen clearly states that he is ready to compromise and would do anything to live his dream, even if it would only be for a day. Deciding to go easy on his request Ezra Pound backs away, now begging the gods to lend him his wish. Could the world weighted heavily for Pound in order for him to want to get away so badly? He must not have been happy with what was going on in his life in general, and certainly got tired of writing. Doing a little research on the time and atmosphere Ezra Pound was living in, I found that the title was a common theme for a getaway place. A famous Irish poet William Butler Yeats, to whom Pound was a contemporary to had also written a related poem with a very similar title of “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”. Although the content of the poem was not the same the meaning behind it was identical. He was another one who defined the place he could find peace within....
