We already know that Pound writes “In station of the
Metro” based on his experience in the Paris metro where he sees a beautiful
face, then another and then another.
In the second line “petals on a wet, black bough”, black bough is just a synonym for the darkness of an underground metro station, whereas petals on a wet symbolizes the beautiful faces that Pound saw growing out of the darkness, just like petals that emerge from branches.
It seems that each petal of a flower might be slightly individual, nevertheless, overall, they are all the same. This makes me think that there is equivalence to each beautiful face.
Therefore, all humans are equally beautiful and equally important to creating one complete flower or crowd.
The image of the faces materializing out of the crowded darkness gives the poem a mysterious effect, however, the image of colored petals on a black branch is a hopeful one.
All things considered, we have two conflicting ideas together that create a rounded effect in which the poem can cover two contrasting sentiments in only two lines, which is amazing.
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ResponderEliminarI really like the positive interpretation you give to this poem, to be honest I had only come up with really bitter ones and I had not even considered some of the possibilities you mentioned here.
ResponderEliminarIt is also great how you can see some meaning in the colours of the petals contrasted with the black bough.
I believe there are several different interpretations for each poem, especially in a poem as short as this one where there it large room for speculation.
Personally I was just stuck with the idea of the loneliness of the modern man as a possible interpretation for this poem, but your idea of seeing beauty in every face is simply great. Thanks for sharing it :)