In the Station of Metro

M.T. 31401418Prepared By: Vanesa Palermo

Biography of the author

Ezra Weston Loomis Pound

Born on October 30,1885 Influential in the creation of Imagist

poetry; “imagism”. Appointed as literary executor to

Ernest Fenellosa Works:

RipostesHugh Selwyn MauberleyThe Cantos

Died on November 1, 1972

The apparition of these faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet, black bough.

Analysis of the Poem

1.The apparition of these faces in the crowd;

Presence Absence Bunch of People

Petals on a wet, black bough.

Elegance

and Beauty

Branch of Tree

Theme

“Human existence is temporary likewise with beauty, elegance, and flower.