1. Read the short poem below by modern poet Ezra Pound. What is the single effect that Pound attempts to achieve? Provide three examples and explain how each contributes to
the effect.
In a Station of the Metro
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet2, black bough?
1 an unusual or unexpected appearance;
a ghostly figure
2 "In a Station of the Metro" By Ezra Pound,
from PERSONAE, copyright ©1926 by
Ezra Pound. Reprinted by permission of New
Directions Publishing Corp.
a tree branch
3