Question

"The apparition of these faces in the crowd:

Petals on a wet, black bough."

What is the object of the poem you just read?

A) a bough

B) faces

C) petals

D) a train

E) ghosts

F) flowers

Answer 1

Answer: B) faces

Explanation: Pound is comparing "faces in the crowd" to petals that are laying against a tree branch.

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Answer 2

Answer:

1: What is the object of the poem you just read?
B. Faces

2: What image is used to describe the object?

C. “petals on a wet, black bough”

3: By writing that the “faces in the crowd” appear as “petals on a wet, black bough,” Pound compares the sight of the faces in the crowd to an image of flower petals pressed against a tree branch.

Explanation: