"In a Station of the Metro" by Ezra Pound was published in 1913 in the literary magazine "Poetry". Pound was a leading figure in the Imagist Movement, known for his concise, precise language and vivid imagery.
The poem, consisting of just two lines, captures a fleeting moment in a Paris Metro station: "The apparition of these faces in the crowd; / Petals on a wet, black bough." This striking metaphor compares the transient faces to delicate petals, and expresses the beauty and ephemerality of modern urban life.
The poem was written during the Modernist Era, the poem exemplifies Imagism's focus on clarity, economy of language, and vivid imagery.
From Imagism, it is aroused in the Twentieth Century. Poud was the "father of Imagist." In the poem, Pound is indicating to a metro station. He shows men who are like a ghost, and it represents a city life. The poem was fully his imagination. He shows, "nothing is death." It was also a verbless poem.
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