from tree to metro station... we are all unified as one.

Some would not consider “In a Station of the Metro” by Ezra pound a poem. However it is in fact a very meaningful poem. A poem does not need to follow any rules in order to be one. Poems have rules and guidelines, however many are written in ways that break these guidelines. It is their rebellion against form that makes it a poem. Poetry is a break away from structured writing. So what would a poem that breaks away from poems be? “In a station of the metro” is just that. So long as the poem has deeper meaning, than what is being said literally, it can be considered a poem. Pound shows a sense of unity with man and nature through his poem.
Pound makes her poem very short and concise. he is comparing the people in a train station to petals on a branch. A train station through out the day can be thought of as a branch through out the year. The branch is constantly growing and shedding pedals through out the year as the seasons change. Where in the train station the faces appear and disappear as the trains come and go. This shows how humans take so much, everything from influence to resources. We have adapted so much from nature that something we created such as a train station becomes one of the most fundamental parts of nature… a tree. Each tree branch is a tunnel for the trains to move about, Much like the vascular system of a tree. As the trains arrive at the station they release the people into the station. This is analogous to the vascular system delivering nutrients to the branches of the tree. At the branches, the tree uses it to grow pedals. All of this shows how humans are not so different from nature. Thus creating a centralized theme of unity.
There is also a lot of contrast within the poem. However it all still points to the central theme of unity. A metro station is thought to be one of the most state of the art inventions by humans. With everything from trains, to timing systems; a metro station is truly a fine work of engineering. In contrast to the train station, a tree can be thought of nature’s engineering. However it is more of a warm icon as apposed to a cold icon that is the metro station. Two things on quite the opposite ends of the spectrum both serve the same task. The task of dispersing pedals through out itself. Each one is one half to a yin and yang that completes one unified loop or circle.