LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MODERN POETRY AND POETICS
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The form of a villanelle
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The use of synesthesia
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The use of simile
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The use of metaphor
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Detailed explanation-1: -The two-line poem also contains two metaphors-the station of the metro as a ‘’wet, black bough” and of faces of the crowd as ‘’petals”. Firstly, the metaphor allows the reader to gain insight into the setting Pound creates; the station, when described as a ‘’wet, black bough” can be seen as a dark tunnel.
Detailed explanation-2: -This poem contains both alliteration and consonance, two related literary devices that allow its short form to link disparate images with sound. There are only a few instances of each, and they all occur in the poem’s second line.
Detailed explanation-3: -The title of the poem creates the visual image of the busy city life with the hustle and bustle of the people and their carelessness to other people. The apparition literally means ghostly figure that suddenly appears in front of you. Here, Pound equates the new strange faces seen in a Paris subway with the apparition.