"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 all
"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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