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Comment 64 of 64, added on November 20th, 2009 at 10:29 AM.
EZRA WHAT?
THIS POEM IS SO GAY. I HATE IT. ITS NOT EVEN A POEM, THIS GIRL EZRA POOND
IS A MORON.
Daniel Schoch from United States
Comment 63 of 64, added on April 19th, 2009 at 12:33 PM.
oh and it may also help if you think of the title as the first line of the
poem
Rosie from New Zealand
Comment 62 of 64, added on April 19th, 2009 at 5:27 AM.
The great intrest in this poem is due to the fact that it is one of the
greatest of the modernist period.
We recently looked at this in class (a group of mostly 15 year olds) and we
came to the conclusion that the poem is talking about the images we get
from literature, I'm not quite sure how we got there but we also talked
about how the two lines relate etc... sorry i cant elaborate more but i
didn't bring my english folder home :S
Rosie from New Zealand
Comment 61 of 64, added on March 9th, 2009 at 11:42 AM.
my college is having us doe a project on a poet. I picked ezra manly do to
this poem. it makes you look at life outside of its daily surroundings. I
think it was made for many interpretations, and that there are. So
interpret this how you want it makes your mind take a new stance in
imagination.
Maggie from United States
Comment 60 of 64, added on March 4th, 2009 at 9:44 PM.
I feel as if the two lines mean the same things- like looking through a
mirror. The reflection is not you, it even looks slightly different
(mirrors show the reverse side) but it is still you in the glass.
While, apparitions aren't suppose to belong in human crowds- the dead is
not to be among the living.
Just like petals on a bough. A bough is a main branch (I searched it in the
dictionary), and petals are attached to flowers on trees, not attached to
trees. Those petals on the bough do not belong there- and there is even
evidence of this because the branch is "wet" as it would be after it rained
(hence washing of the petals onto the branch).
In other words, ghosts do not belong among humans as petals are not
attached (do not belong) to trees.
Yet, they are both quite visible. A crowd of people should make it even
more difficult to spot faces, yet your able to notice these faces. Petals
are usually bright colors (since they have to attract birds and insects)-
which makes them stand out on a "black bough".
I don't know though. The title is about metro stations...so....
petals could just be a metaphor for people waiting in a station for the
subway branch.....
or the title could just, itself be compliment to all the above...
or..........
Oh well, poems always have multiple interpretations :DD.
I like it though. For a short poem, it has nice poetic "music".
Nancy from United States
Comment 59 of 64, added on February 18th, 2009 at 5:15 AM.
this poem is an analogy to the state of the modern man who always has the
feeling of alienation and anxiety despite his being inside the crowd it is
because of individualism am atomization in the metropolis
M ali from Turkey
M ali from Turkey
Comment 58 of 64, added on December 20th, 2008 at 12:11 PM.
this poem makes you stop and think about life.
Lysabeth from United Kingdom
Comment 57 of 64, added on December 15th, 2008 at 7:25 AM.
i like this poem very much，because it makes me feel
some disppiont，but，in the second line，it makes me feel
some hope too.it shows me that this is the life，is full of ups and
downs.
Nadia from China
Comment 56 of 64, added on December 9th, 2008 at 1:54 PM.
Having experienced the hardships of WWI and being very aware of the
psychological pain endured by many of the returning Vets. This poem is in
honor of the Veterans and writes of their return to society as "apparitions
in the crowd" and "Petals on a wet, black bough."
Jose from United States
Comment 55 of 64, added on October 31st, 2008 at 5:09 PM.
Well ... it's a very short poem. Perhaps knowing it by heart would help
advance your education?
"Petals on a wet, black bough" always reminds me of redbud blooming in
Virginia.
Christian Gehman from United States
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THIS POEM IS SO GAY. I HATE IT. ITS NOT EVEN A POEM, THIS GIRL EZRA POOND
IS A MORON.
Daniel Schoch from United States