Post by Professor Garfinkel on Sept 24, 2015 1:50:52 GMT
Please read the short poem below, and then respond to one of the three questions in approximately 100 words (half a typewritten page):
In the Station of the Metro
by Ezra Pound
The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.
1. What are the connotations of the word "apparition"? How do these connotations help the reader understand how the speaker feels about the people he sees in the subway?
2. Pound compares the "faces" of line 1 to "petals" in line 2. What does this metaphor mean? How does the comparison further the point of the poem?
3. What is the mood of the poem? How do you know this? How does the absences of verbs in the poem reinforce its mood and meaning?
In the Station of the Metro
by Ezra Pound
The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.
1. What are the connotations of the word "apparition"? How do these connotations help the reader understand how the speaker feels about the people he sees in the subway?
2. Pound compares the "faces" of line 1 to "petals" in line 2. What does this metaphor mean? How does the comparison further the point of the poem?
3. What is the mood of the poem? How do you know this? How does the absences of verbs in the poem reinforce its mood and meaning?
