In a Station of the Metro.ppt

EzraPound•AmericanexpatriatepoetandcriticwhowasamajorfigureoftheModernistmovement•Poundpublishedover70booksandtranslatedJapaneseplaysandChinesepoetry.•Pound’sstylewasclear,economicalandconcrete.”Greatliteratureissimplylanguagechargedwithmeaningtotheutmostpossibledegree,”(1909-1917)•ashort-livedmovementofAmericanandEnglishpoem•characters:concretelanguageandfiguresofspeech,modernsubjectmatter,freedomintheuseofmeterLiteraryInfluence:Mentorship•Poundspentmuchofhistimeconcernedwithpromotingthecareersofmanyofthegreatwritersofthetime.•PoundwasakeyfigureinthepublicationofmanyInfluentialworks,,;(人群里忽隐忽现的张张面庞)Petalsonawet,blackbough.(黝黑湿漉枝头的点点花瓣)inctstyleonlyhas14wordsthenumberofwordsinthepoem(fourteen)WritteninaJapanese haiku styleThefirstlineisnarrationandthesecondisexpressionThemeThebackgroundistheFirstWorldWar,