I had to read this poem four times. It uses the gods of old to demonstrate how the strength of power is fleeting. The gods of old have been forgotten. And because they are forgotten over time, they have lost their power.
The gods return "uncertain, wavering." But once they "WERE inviolable."
The God's return with dogs. "These WERE the swift to harry..."
What does that even mean??? When I tried to Google it, all I got was stuff about Taylor Swift and Harry Styles. But finally, an explanation: it could mean "quick to fight."
But the dogs and the gods who walk them are "Slow on the leash, pallid the leash-men!"
Weak are the once powerful gods.
This could be a message to men in authority whose power is only given to them by the people who are bewitched by them. Or I read this could also be in reference to the Christian God because Pound was adverse to "organized religion," which is the same as saying he was indifferent to his Creator. It's an excuse to live according to one's own will.
The gods return "uncertain, wavering." But once they "WERE inviolable."
The God's return with dogs. "These WERE the swift to harry..."
What does that even mean??? When I tried to Google it, all I got was stuff about Taylor Swift and Harry Styles. But finally, an explanation: it could mean "quick to fight."
But the dogs and the gods who walk them are
"Slow on the leash,
pallid the leash-men!"
Weak are the once powerful gods.
This could be a message to men in authority whose power is only given to them by the people who are bewitched by them. Or I read this could also be in reference to the Christian God because Pound was adverse to "organized religion," which is the same as saying he was indifferent to his Creator. It's an excuse to live according to one's own will.