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2. a. The rules are direct treatment of the topic, use no extra words, use natural musical
rhythm.
b. The results of “long contemplation” have been thought out, whereas dogma is
mindlessly followed.
c. A list of “do’s” might be long; a list of key “don’ts” is manageable.
3. a. Pound considers the concrete better than abstract.
b. Imagists seek to capture emotion in spare, concrete images. This doesn’t work with
abstractions.
4. a. Pound considers it presentation.
b. Presentation puts forth only the concrete object. Description puts the characteristics of
the concrete objects at a greater remove from the reader.
5. a. Pound suggests using the same rules used in composing music.
b. A good musician allows rhythm to rise and fall naturally.
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4. a. In “In a Station of the Metro,” Pound compares the people’s faces with the “petals
on a wet, black bough.”
b. It creates an intensely vivid image of the train station crowd.
c. One doesn’t usually see rain-covered tree branches in a train station.
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2. a. It appeals most to sight.
b. The poem focuses on finite, focused images rather than on reactions to them.
3. a. He divides wheelbarrow and rainwater.
b. It forces readers to slow down and take notice.
4. a. The detail is the figure 5.
b. He may be saying that beauty can be found in unlikely places and that modern life is so
hectic and impersonal that people do not notice what is going on around them.
5. a. The speaker intends to apologize.
b. “delicious,” “sweet,” and “cold” suggest that the speaker truly enjoyed the plums and
doesn’t really regret eating them.
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2. a. The silver dust refers to the leaves and flowers of the pear tree.
b. The pear tree grows upward.
3. a. It waits for summer and fruit.
b. It is spring.
4. a. It cannot fall through the thick, hot air.
b. The speaker seems to describe the heat of the sun on a torrid summer day.
5. a. The speaker uses the words rend, cut, plow and turn.
b. These concrete nouns and images create the impression that the heat is almost a solid
substance.
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2. a. “so much” refers to civilization because a wheelbarrow is a fundamental tool used to
build and create. “so much” is the poem itself because the image is not complete without
the wheelbarrow.
b. Utilitarian versus Aesthetic
3. a. In general, the poems focus on very specific, concrete topics and images.
b. The poems are short and succinct.
4. a. “The Great Figure” = colors, gold, red – vibrant image.
“Pear Tree” = colors, white, silver – clean, brilliant, spare
b. Williams’ colors suggest emotions of tension and/or excitement, while H.D.’s colors
suggest emotions of peace, awe or wonder.
5. a. They are extremely visual in nature, using imagery to help readers “see” the poem.