BSc BA ADP English Notes Poem Images and Impressions (i) Autumn (T. E. Hulme) (ii) Fog (Carl Sandburg) (iii) Metro (Ezra Pound) Reference Context Explanation

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Poem:

(I) Autumn (T. E. Hulme)

A touch of cold in the autumn night

I walked abroad

And saw the ruddy moon lean over a hedge

Like a red-faced farmer.

I did not stop to speak, but nodded,

And round about were the wistful stars

With white faces like town children

(II) Fog (Carl Sandburg)

The fog comes

On little cat feet. 

It sits looking 
Over the harbour and city rol

On silent haunches 
And then moves on.

(III) Metro: Paris (Ezra Pound)

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

Reference Context & Explanation:

(i) Autumn (T. E. Hulme)

Lines 1-4: A touch of ... farmer.

A touch of cold in the autumn night

I walked abroad

And saw the ruddy moon lean over a hedge

Like a red-faced farmer.

Reference: 

These lines have been taken from the short poem "Autumn" written by T. E. Hulme and given under the title of Images and Impressions.

Context: 

The poet tells us about the appearances of moon and stars on an autumn night in this poem.

Explanation:

The poet tells us in these lines that he was walking outside in the open one autumn night. As he was walking, he saw the red colored moon at the top of the hedge. It looked like the red healthy face of a village farmer.

Lines 5-7: I did not ... town children.

I did not stop to speak, but nodded,

And round about were the wistful stars

With white faces like town children

Reference: 

These lines have been taken from the short poem "Autumn" written by T. E. Hulme and given under the title of Images and Impressions.

Context: 

The poet tells us about the appearances of moon and stars on an autumn night in this poem.

Explanation:

The poet did not stop and nodded to the moon as if the moon was speaking to him and he was listening to it. Then he noticed that stars were looking at the scene rather wistfully like the white faces of the children that live in towns.

(ii) Fog (Carl Sandburg)

Lines 1-2: The fog ... feet.

The fog comes

On little cat feet. 

Reference: 

These lines have been taken from the poem "Fog" written by Carl Sandburg and given under the title of Images and Impressions.

Context: 

The poet tells us about the arrival in and departure from a city of fog or mist.

Explanation:

The poet tells us in these lines that the mist comes over a city very stealthily like a cat.

Lines 3-6: It sits ... moves on.

It sits looking 
Over the harbour and city rol

On silent haunches 
And then moves on.

Reference: 

These lines have been taken from the poem "Fog" written by Carl Sandburg and given under the title of Images and Impressions.

Context: 

The poet tells us about the arrival in and departure from a city of fog or mist.

Explanation:

The poet tells us in these lines that the fog comes over the city and as if sits on its hind legs like a cat, looking over the city and the port. Later on, when the sun shines brightly, it disappears as stealthily as it had come earlier.

(iii) Metro: Paris (Ezra Pound)

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

Reference: 

These lines have been taken from the poem "Metro: Paris" written by Ezra Pound and given under the title of Images and Impressions.

Context: 

In this little poem the poet tells us how the crowds of persons seem to him at the station of underground railway in Paris.

Explanation:

The poet tells us that the faces of the persons at the station of underground railway in Paris (called Metro) seem to him as wet petals on a black branch.