Notes on the Cantos, pt 4
Canto 2:
Equivalent poetic moment of metamorphosis [ cf Yeats at the top of the tower] - working up to an epiphany.
Start -> source (epic in modern-day).
Prophecy in the name of Helen/ Elenor - destroyer of ships/ cities.
Tyro - cd peacfeul sea/ Poseidon's rape of Tyro, after assuming the form of Enipeus.
Story behind the poem: The sailors abduct a young boy (actually Bacchus - Dionysus in godly disguise) to sell him as a slave. The ship is transformed to an extension of the god, the sailors to fish...
Going into reverie/ meditative mode...
Acoertes is released - warns Pentheus (who gets killed for interfering).
Equivalent poetic moment of metamorphosis [ cf Yeats at the top of the tower] - working up to an epiphany.
Start -> source (epic in modern-day).
Prophecy in the name of Helen/ Elenor - destroyer of ships/ cities.
Tyro - cd peacfeul sea/ Poseidon's rape of Tyro, after assuming the form of Enipeus.
Story behind the poem: The sailors abduct a young boy (actually Bacchus - Dionysus in godly disguise) to sell him as a slave. The ship is transformed to an extension of the god, the sailors to fish...
Going into reverie/ meditative mode...
Acoertes is released - warns Pentheus (who gets killed for interfering).
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