Part one of term paper
The Explication of Ezra Pound’s “In a Station of the Metro” Ezra Pound’s words portray a moment frozen in time. The poem, “In a Station of the Metro,” is a poem of imagery. Through imagery, Pound imbues his vision and thoughts of his surroundings while on a subway train. Pound’s title, “In ...

Part two of term paper
... takes away the identity of the peoples’ faces as what seems like a train speeding by and blurring the faces of the awaiting passengers. Yet Pound does allow the reader to notice the faces that he sees by giving a select few form, hence, “Petals on a wet, black bough”(2). The author uses “Petals” to relate to the faces that he notices in the amorphous crowd from the “bough” which he relates to the train. Pound uses “Petals” which signify beaut ...