Pound wrote this poem to convey an experience:emerging one day from a train in the Paris subway (Metro),he saw "suddenly a beautiful face,and then another and another. Originally 30 lines long.In this final version,each line contains an image, which,like a picture,may take the place of a thousand words. xjxsj.cn
• Pound wrote this poem to convey an experience: emerging one day from a train in the Paris subway (Metro), he saw ”suddenly a beautiful face, and then another and another.” • Originally 30 lines long. In this final version, each line contains an image, which, like a picture, may take the place of a thousand words
在地铁车站 人群中的面孔幽灵般时隐时现； 湿漉漉的黑枝头上花瓣片片。 xxsj.cn
在地铁车站 人群中的面孔幽灵般时隐时现； 湿漉漉的黑枝头上花瓣片片
Let's review some Chinese poems to understand the use of imagery. Dp到.cn
• Let’s review some Chinese poems to understand the use of imagery
天净沙秋思 马致远 枯藤老树昏鸦， 小桥流水人家， 古道西风瘦马。 夕阳西下， 断肠人在天涯。 xxaj.cn
天净沙 秋思 马致远 枯藤老树昏鸦， 小桥流水人家, 古道西风瘦马。 夕阳西下， 断肠人在天涯
Autumn Thoughts To sand and sky Dry vine,old trees,crows at dusk, Low bridges,stream running,cottages, Ancient road,west wind,lean nag, The sun westering, And one with broken heart at the sky's edge -translated by何功杰 Dp到.cn
Autumn Thoughts To sand and sky Dry vine, old trees, crows at dusk, Low bridges, stream running, cottages, Ancient road, west wind, lean nag, The sun westering, And one with broken heart at the sky’s edge. -----translated by何功杰