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Imagist poetry aimed to replace muddy abstractions with exactness of observed detail, apt metaphors, and economy of language. ... Pound's definition of the image was "that which presents an intellectual and emotional complex in an instant of time." Pound defined the tenets of Imagist poetry as:
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www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5658
www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5658
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How to Write an Imagist Poem. Imagism is a movement of poetry founded by a group of American ex-patriot poets in England during the early 20th century. Imagist poetry uses crisp, descriptive, metaphorical language to reach a... ... Write your poem. Remember that good Imagist poetry is economical, whether it is short or long.
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www.ehow.com/how_2143092_write-imagist-poem.html
www.ehow.com/how_2143092_write-imagist-poem.html
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Finally, imagist poems were influenced by Japanese haiku, poems of 17 syllables which usually present only two juxtaposed images. This poetry strives to suggests more than its literal meaning, yet avoids overt figurative devices like allegory and even metaphor.
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faculty.gvsu.edu/websterm/imagism.htm
faculty.gvsu.edu/websterm/imagism.htm
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Flint later wrote that Edward Storer was the first man to publish a book of Imagist poems. The claim seems doubtful now and no copies of the volume are extant and the only example offered doesn't show much in the way of the precision demanded of this kind of poetry.
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www.world-class-poetry.com/Imagism.html
www.world-class-poetry.com/Imagism.html
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Among others who wrote Imagist poetry were John Gould Fletcher and Harriet Monroe; and Conrad Aiken, Marianne Moore, Wallace Stevens, D.H. Lawrence, and T.S. Eliot were influenced by it in their own poetry. The four Imagist anthologies (Des Imagistes, 1914;
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www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/imagism-def.html
www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/imagism-def.html
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Below are a number of links to web pages dealing with Imagist Poetry. There are many on Ezra Pound, but fewer on Amy Lowell and H.D (Hilda Doolittle). After you have visited each site, be prepared to discuss the following:
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jan.ucc.nau.edu/jsa3/hum355/assign/imagist.htm
jan.ucc.nau.edu/jsa3/hum355/assign/imagist.htm
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The "Chicago School" or Imagist Poets ... Their intent was to write poetry that used imagery solely to convey the poems' meaning (Soles). They called their poetry imagist poetry.
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ftp.ccccd.edu/mtolleson/2328online/2328notesimagism.htm
ftp.ccccd.edu/mtolleson/2328online/2328notesimagism.htm
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A poem about Imagist Poetry: So much depends upon ... They're pretty much just metaphors in poetry form. ... an: These poems are my own creation but are modeled after the "The Red Wheelbarrow" poem by the famous imagist poet, William Carlos Williams. THE OLD LUNCH BOX; So much depends upon; An old lunch box; Rusty with rain water;
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allpoetry.com/poem/420635
allpoetry.com/poem/420635
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THE apparition of these faces in the crowd; ... Petals on a wet, black bough. ... Verse > Anthologies > Louis Untermeyer, ed. > Modern American Poetry...
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www.bartleby.com/104/106.html
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