In a Station of the Metro (For Further Study)

For Further Study

• Bevilaqua, Ralph, “Pound’s ‘In A Station of the Metro’: A Textual Note,” in English Language Notes, Vol. VIII, No. 1, September 1970, pp. 293-96.

  This essay does a thorough job of analyzing how the idea of Imagism shows through in Pound’s poem, with special attention given to the open meaning of the word “apparition.”

• Knapp, James, Ezra Pound, Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1979.

  Knapp’s discussion jumps a little erratically between description of chronological order of events and literary analysis, making the story of Pound’s early writing slightly difficult to follow.

• Miner, Earl, “Pound, Haiku, and the Image,” in Ezra Pound: A Collection of Critical Essays, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1963.

  This essay brings out some very observant points about Pound’s work, and there is no question that the Japanese haiku was an influence on the poet, even though understanding the connection is not crucial for understanding the poem.

• Pratt, William, The Imagist Poem, New York: E.P. Dutton Co., 1963.

  This book is a very useful source for understanding Imagist poetry and its history. Pratt provides hundreds of examples of Imagist poems and poems that were influenced by the movement.