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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Imagism: A New Order in Poetry

Question 6 • GA-Literature and Composition III A

What does Pound compare using images?

Answer
A
a subway station and a ghost
B
faces and petals
C
petals and a black branch
D
a crowd and rain

Explanation

In Ezra Pound’s poem “In a Station of the Metro,” the speaker compares the faces in a crowd to petals on a wet, dark branch. The images are “faces” and “petals,” so the correct choice is faces and petals.

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