What ideal of imagist poetry is best reflected in this poem by Ezra Pound in which he compares a crowded metro station to a flowering tree branch? In a Station of the Metro The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.
A. Poetry should be about urban subjects and ideas. B. Old poetry should be rewritten in a modern style. C. Poets should be able to describe ordinary subjects in new ways. D. Poets should write about new subjects with conventional techniques.
What do you think? Here is a hint: He talks about the Metro. A Metro is a highspeed railway in a city. etros can be found in cities like Los Angeles and NYC.
I honetly don't know this is so hard
You can eliminate A and B. Im thinking its C. Most poetry compares subjects, but most poets wouldnt use a metro to compare a tree.
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