Read “In a Station of the Metro,” by Ezra Pound. The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough. Which best describes the metaphor conveyed in the poem?
The underlying metaphor is that people are beautiful and gentle like flowers who are on a wet black bough. It was even stated by Ezra Pound himself that he was intoxicated by that picture and wanted to present the beauty of it as simply as possible.
