Blog Entry 8: Poem Paraphrase: Pound's "In a Station"

In a Station of the Metro
The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.

Paraphrase: The crowd milling at the metro station seems one mass, yet faces emerge briefly, almost like ghosts. I see them individually, as unique as petals defined by droplets of water and by their brilliant color against wood turned black by rain.