Write a 500 words response

Ezra Pound, 1885 - 1972

The apparition of these faces in the crowd;

Petals on a wet, black bough.

Question :

Write 500 words Response of :

Do a close reading of Pound’s “In a Station of the Metro” considering diction (word choice), meter, form, imagery and purpose (look up the Imagist manifesto).

guidelines:

- How do the important words relate to one another? 

-Do any words have double meanings? Triple meanings? What are all the possible ways to

read it? 

-What is the sentence rhythm like? Short and choppy? Long and flowing? Does it build on itself or stay at an even pace? How does that structure relate to the content? 

- What is left out or silenced? What would you expect the author to say that the author seems to have avoided or ignored?