"Down, down, born pioneers in time's despite" exclaims the speaker of its 2nd section. Its 5th section, which includes "Southern Cross," is entitled "Three Songs"; its 7th alludes to "a burnt match skating in a urinal," an invitation to homosexual trysts, and is called "The Tunnel" because the speaker meets the tortured ghost of Edgar Allan Poe in the subway. The 4th section combines a history of early aviation and paean to Walt Whitman, entitled (*) "Cape Hatteras." Usually its 2nd part, "Powhatan's Daughter, is most highly acclaimed, particularly the subsections "The
"Down, down, born pioneers in time's despite" exclaims the speaker of its 2nd section. Its 5th section, which includes "Southern Cross," is entitled "Three Songs"; its 7th alludes to "a burnt match skating in a urinal," an invitation to homosexual trysts, and is called "The Tunnel" because the speaker meets the tortured ghost of Edgar Allan Poe in the subway. The 4th section combines a history of early aviation and paean to Walt Whitman, entitled (*) "Cape Hatteras." Usually its 2nd part, "Powhatan's Daughter, is most highly acclaimed, particularly the subsections "The River" & "The Dance," in which the speaker, Maquokeeta, cries "And, buzzard-circleted, screamed from the stake/ I could not pick the arrows from my side." FTP identify this poem of 8 parts & a famous proem apostrophizing a titular Roebling construction in which Columbus speaks the 1st part, "Ave Maria," & the last is "Atlantis," the magnum opus of Hart Crane.
"Down, down, born pioneers in time's despite" exclaims the speaker of its 2nd section.
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