The Explication of Ezra Pound’s “In a Station of the Metro” Ezra Pound’s words portray a moment frozen in time. The poem, “In a Station of the Metro,” is a poem of imagery. Through imagery, Pound imbues his vision and thoughts of his surroundings while on a subway train. Pound’s title, “In a Station of the Metro,” sets the stage to allow the reader to visualize a “… dark, cold, wet…”(p657) subway station. Pound uses these words to set the ambiance. He puts the reader at the station watching “the apparition of these faces in the crowd”(1). The word “apparition” t