Read the following lines : IN A STATION OF THE METRO The apparition of these faces in the crowd :…
Pound’s two-line juxtaposition presents a concentrated sensory image without discursive explanation, exemplifying Imagism. The Movement is a later British grouping,…
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Read the following lines :
IN A STATION OF THE METRO
The apparition of these faces in the crowd :
Petals on a wet, black bough.
Which of the following poetic programmes is illustrated by the above lines?
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Correct answer D
Pound’s two-line juxtaposition presents a concentrated sensory image without discursive explanation, exemplifying Imagism. The Movement is a later British grouping, Naturalism is not this poetic programme, and Symbolism is broader than the specific imagist method demonstrated by this canonical poem.
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