Question

1.2.2 study: understand modern poetry the apparition of these faces in the crowd, petals on a wet, black bough. the word apparition means ghost. so, how does the word apparition reflect disillusionment?

Explanation:

The word "apparition" implies a sense of unreality and fleetingness. Faces in a crowd seen as apparitions suggest that the people or the experience lacks substance or permanence, which are aspects of disillusionment - the realization that something is not as good or real as one believed.

Answer:

The word "apparition" implies unreality and fleetingness of the crowd - experience, reflecting disillusionment.