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Perseverance
It's easy to lose context when you read "Canto I." Still, it's important to remember that, by this point in Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus and his crew have just fought a war that took years to finish. They've killed a bunch of people and plenty of their friends have died. But they all want to get home, especially Odysseus, who has to go through all kinds of hardship to get where he's going. But hey, if The Odyssey is going to teach us anything, it should be perseverance.
Basically, there's not really much to "Canto I," apart from Pound's efforts to show that Odysseus is way more perseverant than anyone you'll find nowadays. Go, Ody.
When you really think about it (and we always recommend that you do), Pound might be using "Canto I" to say that perseverance isn't always a good thing. If you just put your head down and keep moving forward, you might be perseverant, but not necessarily smart.
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