Question

Which attributes of this poem by Ezra Pound are characteristic of modernist poetry

In a Station of the Metro

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



the economic use of language



the absence of allusions to other works



the lack of any indication of what the speaker thinks



a precise image conveyed through an unexpected metaphor



the close relation between the title and the poem

it can be more than one

Answer 1

the lack of any indication of what the speaker thinks

a precise image conveyed through an unexpected metaphor

Answer 2

The correct answers are C and D.

"In a Station of the Metro" is a very short poem that does not provide any information about the author's thoughts or emotions.

At the same time, in those short two lines, the writer creates a metaphor that the reader does not expect: the comparison of faces in a crowd with petals on a branch