At least in the imaginary versions for bass tuba or kettledrum I wager to say that he is right. |
He was tall and light-skinned, with a kettledrum chest and the kind of fat stomach that somehow manages to look hard: the body of a tight end. |
This kettledrum was probably used in falconry to call the falcon back to the owner. |
The golden measure of poetry does not yet exist, only the rhythm of the maracas, the exact sound of the kettledrum. |
Those who still admire Ezra Pound's pretentious poetry will presumably enjoy listening to him reciting while thumping on a kettledrum. |
One of them is a small drum on a vertical frame of lathe-turned wood whereas the other is a metallic kettledrum. |