What effect does ezra pound achieve by excluding the phrase "are like" in favor of a semicolon in this poem, turning the lines into a metaphor instead of a simile?

in a station of the metro the apparition of these faces in the crowd; petals on a wet, black bough.

a).it reflects the imagist ideal of capturing as many impressions of a subject as possible.
b. it reflects the imagist ideal of contrasting ideas by using detailed descriptions.
c. it reflects the imagist ideal of separate images that overlap to present one clear idea.
d. it reflects the imagist ideal of imitating impressionism and blurring images.
e. it reflects the imagist ideal of joining separate ideas with a semicolon instead of a comma.

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.