" This poem contains sections titled "Thrones," "The Fifth Decad," and "Rock-Drill," but its most widely read segment reflects the author's wartime imprisonment in Pisa.
Part of this poem describes how ants "seem to stagger, as the dawn sun has trapped their shadows." Basil Bunting compared this poem to the Alps, saying "you will have to go a long way around if you want to avoid them." This poem's speaker admits "And I am not a demigod, I cannot make it cohere," a nod to Heracles's dying exclamation in its author's translation of Women of Trachis. Later editions of this poem include a portion in praise of a girl who lures soldiers to their deaths in a minefield. An oft-excerpted part of this poem lists "a painted paradise on [a] church wall" and "a house of good stone each block cut smooth and well fitting" among other fine things lost "with (*) usura." The first part of this poem abruptly ends a colon after the words "so that:," and begins, in medias res, "And then went down to the ship." This poem contains sections titled "Thrones," "The Fifth Decad," and "Rock-Drill," but its most widely read segment reflects the author's wartime imprisonment in Pisa. For 10 points, name this fascist magnum opus of Ezra Pound.
Part of this poem describes how ants "seem to stagger, as the dawn sun has trapped their shadows."
The Cantos [reverse prompt on any section mentioned in the question; accept The Pisan Cantos]