This city had a monumental and life-altering impact on Eliot for multiple reasons, the most significant of which was his introduction to the influential literary figure  Ezra Pound. ... He was spending long periods of time in London, in the company of Ezra Pound and "some of the modern artists whom the war has so far spared...It was Pound who helped most, introducing him everywhere." ... S. ... S. ... It amazed Ezra Pound, three years Eliot's senior, by its modernity, which Eliot had achieved without any direct contact with avant-garde movements. ...

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• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

39 Time to turn back and descend the stair, 40 With a bald spot in the middle of my hair -- 41 (They will say: 'How his hair is growing thin!") ... NOTES Other poems by T. S. ... Ezra Pound wrote Harriet Monroe on Jan. 31, 1915: I dislike the paragraph about Hamlet, but it is an early and cherished bit and T.E. won't give it up, and as it is the only portion of the poem that most readers will like at first reading, I don't see that it will do much harm" (Letters of Ezra Pound 1907-1941, ed. ...

• Word Count: 6460
• Approx Pages: 26
• Grade Level: High School