What effect does ezra pound achieve by excluding the phrase "are like" in favor of a semicolon in this poem, turning the lines into a metaphor instead of a simile?

in a station of the metro the apparition of these faces in the crowd; petals on a wet, black bough.

a).it reflects the imagist ideal of capturing as many impressions of a subject as possible.
b. it reflects the imagist ideal of contrasting ideas by using detailed descriptions.
c. it reflects the imagist ideal of separate images that overlap to present one clear idea.
d. it reflects the imagist ideal of imitating impressionism and blurring images.
e. it reflects the imagist ideal of joining separate ideas with a semicolon instead of a comma.

it reflect the imagist idea of separate image that overlap to present one clear idea.

The effect that Ezra Pound achieves by excluding the phrase "are like" in favor of a semicolon in this poem, turning the lines into a metaphor instead of a simile is that It reflects the imagist ideal of separate images that overlap to present one clear idea.

Explanation:

These lines from "In a Station of the Metro" by Ezra Pound uses a recurrent technique during the modernist movement, this technique was imagism, this technique uses precise descriptions of images to create the simile that gives a clearer idea of the object they are talking about, this lines convey that by the substitution of words by a semicolon.

the answer is somber

his face was as red as an