Why did ezra pound reduce "in a station of the metro" from 30 lines to two?
a. he wanted to emulate victorian poetry.
b. he wanted to make the poem more concise and direct.
c. he was trying to imitate short romantic poetry.
d. he feared no one would read the poem if it was long.

Read the passage below and answer the question. somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. in the excerpt above, the phrase "stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning" suggests that despite the heat, men still dressed up the men in the town were vain men's clothing appeared its best on hot days the men were not accustomed to wearing nice clothes