by Ezra Pound

Modern American Poetry: Ezra Pound
This site provides a wealth of information on the poet Ezra Pound, including commentaries on several of his poems. Go to the links for the two poems you are studying and read the critiques. Then add your own comments by writing a short analysis of "In a Station of the Metro" or "A Pact."

Petals on a Wet Black Bough
This site preserves an exhibition on American Modernist Writers and the Orient, held at Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library in 1996. Ezra Pound was a leader in this movement which saw writers looking to the Far East for inspiration. As you explore the site, be sure to read the link on Ezra Pound and his mentor in this area, Ernest Fenollosa. In the Web Links Activity Log record three important facts you learn from your exploration.