Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound's "In a Station of the Metro."

Ezra Pound delivers a short yet strong message about the correlation between public transportation and humanity. Pound uses words such as "wet" and "black" to describe an experience on the metro as somewhat gloomy and dark. The use of the word apparition early on in this poem sets the tone for a deeper meaning. Pound is describing almost ghostly like faces within  a crowd pedaling on a dark and wet track. Yet, where are they going? What is the importance of describing the slippery track ahead?  Is she pointing out the complete oblivious and vulnerability we as humans are too technology and industries. Yet, this also could be a significant moment in time maybe personal or historical that Pound encountered.