The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
petals on a wet, black bough.
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From a 31 line poem, Pound was constantly deconstructing a moment at the Metro station in Paris until he created this "verbal moment". His idea was to create the sense of the Japanese moment in words/feelings, to bring balance as though creating a painting with a visual. We are never told what type of petals, what type of bough. We are given enough so that the imagination can create.
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It's amazing how Pound can always say so very much with so little. This paints a vivid picture of what he sees, and could be so many things...
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Influenced by the haiku style of Japan? Give me a break! He pared this down from 40 lines. That just totally goes against the essence of haiku.
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One of Pound's most famous poems. He was obviously influenced by the haiku style of Japan, which intends to capture a 'snapshot of reality'. Pound has done that perfectly with one of the more famous (and perfect) metaphors in poetry.
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