under the wall – Though we cannot be certain which wall of the arena Pound meant, or even whether he was inside looking down or up, or outside, with the French Baedecker in his hand, a good guess is that the wall Pound meant was the rest of the original outer ring of the Arena with its third tier of galleries, called “Ala” (wing). This wall is an individual detail of the Arena in Verona, it shows that the theatre with the two tiers of galleries, as we now have it, is incomplete. As the Arena is in the middle of traffic in the Piazza Bra, it is most probable that Pound was sitting on one of the limestone steps inside it, having a panoramic view of the theatre from the top. The Baedecker also recommended the location, saying: “Fine view from the highest steps” (Baedecker 305).