C. The beginning of the 20th century saw the birth of many new poetic movements, which can also be considered “-isms”, some of which were Imagism and Objectivism. Imagination was born in 1909 at the very beginning of the 20th century and was the successor to the symbolism movement. While symbolism was characterized by intense complexity and was often difficult to interpret, Imagism brought intellect and emotion into the common language of 20th century audiences. As in Ezra Pound, “In a Station of the Metro,” he writes, “faces in the crowd”; what was not only a common vision at the beginning of the twentieth century, but also a common language for the people of the time? Furthermore, Imagism consisted of a lot of freedom of the subject it was written about and the use of sight and sound. In opposition to its predecessor, Imagism created an image rather than an entire scene or image. “In a Station of the Metro” is composed of two lines that express a simple image of everyday life in the twentieth century. Creates and provides images of multiple "faces in the crowd"; and “Petals on a black, wet branch,” rather than describing the entire subway station or the tree as a whole. In crafting the unique image, Imagism also kept the language simple in that it was very timely and often concise just like the two lines of “In a Station of the Metro.” Imagism soon gave rise to another “-ism”; Objectivism. Much like Imagism, Objectivism consisted of simple language and concise arguments; it was short, sweet and to the point. Objectivists, such as William Carlos Williams, often emphasized the value of the objective world. In his poem “This Is Only to Say,” Williams expresses the value of the “plums that were in the icebox.” The objective poem was intended to capture the... center of the card... of the "Black Logo". While not necessarily religious, it refers to God, Heaven and the Star of Bethlehem. In addition to this characteristic, McKay also expresses the complexity of being black in a white world by using intense imagery such as "steel blue eyes" (in reference to a white woman's eyes) and "little boys, lynchers that were being." He refers to whites as the destiny of blacks and yet contradicts God as both whites and blacks. He says that while white people think they are a high and mighty God, black people are truly God because just as Jesus was persecuted as a minority, the same is true for African-American people. This poem, among many other poems by Claude McKay, truly gives voice to the emotions and struggles of an African American poet during the times of slavery to the end of the Harlem Renaissance.