This poem tells of a person who walks alone, at night. ... The final image of the poem is of a "luminary clock" at a n "unearthly height," known as the moon. ... Why else would he comment on the moon's lack of answers? ... I have walked out in rain-and back in rain. I have out walked the furthest city light. ...
He continues in the fourth stanza by emphasizing his loneliness and the haunting sight of the full moon. The fifth stanza and final two lines show how the narrator has become a part of the night and that there isn't really anything right or wrong about it. ... "I have out walked the furthest city light (ll. 3)."" ... He doesn't try to talk to him or engage with him, but he chooses to walk away and remain by himself. ... The moon is also referred to as one. ...
In the third line the picture gets even darker as he out-walks "the furthest city light." ... In the eleventh and twelfth lines he sees the moon, looking like a "luminary clock against the sky". He is alone, and the one thing he sees- the moon- is so far away. ... In Pound's In a Station of the Metro, there are only two lines. Those two lonely lines are very telling, though. ...
I have walked out in rain -- and back in rain. ... Yin is female, negative, and represented by the Moon,'' says Paul E. ... (http://www.nisbett.com/symbols/yin_and_yang.htm) Even though these two elements are meant to balance one another out, quite often men refuse to acknowledge their darker side. ... "I have walked out in the rain -- and back in the rain." ... This leads into the next two lines of the stanza. ...
