ugh ▁Sel w yn ▁Ma uber ley ▁works . ▁ ▁The ▁poem ▁ ▁The ▁poem ▁contains ▁only ▁four teen ▁words ▁( without ▁a ▁verb ▁there in — making ▁it ▁a ▁good ▁example ▁of ▁the ▁ver bl ess ▁poetry ▁form ). ▁ ▁P ound ▁was ▁influ ential ▁in ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁Im ag ist ▁poetry ▁until ▁he ▁left ▁the ▁movement ▁to ▁em brace ▁V ort ic ism ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 4 . ▁P ound , ▁though ▁briefly , ▁emb rac ed ▁Im ag ism ▁stating ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁an ▁important ▁step ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁verbose ▁style ▁of ▁Victor ian ▁literature ▁and ▁suggested ▁that ▁it ▁" is ▁the ▁sort ▁of ▁American ▁stuff ▁I ▁can ▁show ▁here ▁in ▁Paris ▁without ▁its ▁being ▁rid ic u led ". ▁" In ▁a ▁Station ▁of ▁the ▁Metro " ▁is ▁an ▁early ▁work ▁of ▁Modern ist ▁poetry ▁as ▁it ▁attempts ▁to ▁" break ▁from ▁the ▁pent am eter ", ▁incorpor ates ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁visual ▁spacing ▁as ▁a ▁po etic ▁device , ▁and ▁does ▁not ▁contain ▁any ▁ver bs . ▁The ▁work ▁originally ▁appeared ▁with ▁different ▁spacing ▁between ▁the ▁groups ▁of ▁words . ▁This ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁on - line ▁version ▁of ▁Po etry ▁magazine ▁for ▁April ▁ 1 9 1 3 . ▁ ▁Analysis ▁ ▁The ▁poem ▁was ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 ▁and ▁is ▁considered ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁leading ▁po ems ▁of ▁the ▁Im ag ist ▁tradition . ▁P ound ' s ▁process ▁of ▁delet ion ▁from ▁thirty ▁lines ▁to ▁only