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"Coda" by Ezra Pound
Yes, a 'great question to ponder'.
He could also be saying that finally, after that LAST 'coda', the song is over and there is no sense in returning to the same place to mourn again and again. It would make no sense to keep rehashing the event or try to find solace for that emotion through another person (the "people's faces") I think he is saying don't try to recapture the past or return to whatever you have lost via other people. "THAT" song is over.
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PoeticPoetry
on September 30, 2012 at 1:41 PM
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That is a great question to ponder.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on September 30, 2012 at 9:35 AM
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Re: Midsummer Night's Dream
Ah, yes. So funny! actually hilarious... was Mickey Rooney who played that part, right?
He could not have been more than 12 or 13 years of age. He played Puck, right? (that film made in mid 20's. It can still hold its own. Much better than anything later made. They still play it on Ted Turner's Movie Channel; a gorgeous black and white film. A lot of 'feathered fairies floating, (like me) 
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PoeticPoetry
on September 30, 2012 at 8:55 AM
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Re:Pound's "Coda"
Well, Pound does ask us a question, right? And I think he expects an answer.
My thoughts. Since I have lost that someone, is it true for me? WILL I continue to 'scan' the faces; will I continue to look again, return, go BACK, search, repeatedly 'look' for that meaning which I have lost? The answer is yes. Like the 'repeated' part of a musical score (the Coda). Pound is so clever, isn't he?
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PoeticPoetry
on September 30, 2012 at 8:44 AM
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Ezra's CODA poem...
D.C. al Coda is a musical direction used in sheet music. It means, literally, "dal Capo al Coda," or "from the head to the tail". It directs the musician to go back and repeat the music from the beginning ("Capo"), and to continue playing until one reaches the first coda symbol. Upon reaching the first coda, one is to skip to the second coda symbol (which signifies the ending of the piece), and continue playing until the end. The portion of the piece from the second coda to the end is often referred to as the "coda" of the piece, or quite literally as the "end."
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PoeticPoetry
on September 30, 2012 at 8:31 AM
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Was there not a donkey or an ass in MID SUMMER NIGHTS DREAM. I will wait and see what the others say about your next poem as it is still warm
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C_C_T
on September 30, 2012 at 8:10 AM
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No but one might see the dying.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 30, 2012 at 7:53 AM
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