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IMAGISTS

IMAGISTS. IMAGISTS. Imagism was a movement in early 20th-century Anglo-American poetry that favored precision of imagery and clear, sharp language. IMAGISTS. Poets presented the essence of objects, people, or incidents; without providing an explanation. Poets carefully chose each word.

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IMAGISTS

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  1. IMAGISTS

  2. IMAGISTS • Imagism was a movement in early 20th-century Anglo-American poetry that favored precision of imagery and clear, sharp language.

  3. IMAGISTS • Poets presented the essence of objects, people, or incidents; without providing an explanation. • Poets carefully chose each word.

  4. IMAGISTS • Japanese and Chinese poets influenced American poets. • Many Imagist poems are similar to the haiku form of poetry.

  5. IMAGISTS • Short-lived; 1914-1918, • During WWI

  6. IMAGISTS • e.e.cummings • Ezra Pound • Amy Lowell • William Carlos Williams

  7. E.E.CUMMINGS • 1894-1962 • Edward Estlin Cummings • American poet, painter, author and playwright • 2,900 poems

  8. E.E.CUMMINGS • One of the most popular 20th century poets. • Themes: love and nature • Known for syntax.

  9. E.E.CUMMINGS • Influenced by other Imagist poets – Pound and Lowell • Also influenced by surrealist painters

  10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNNqgN4DXJo&NR=1 i carry your heart

  11. "Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense." - e.e. cummings

  12. Amy lowell • 1874-1925 • Won Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1926. • Her brother was the president of Harvard.

  13. Amy lowell • Lowell was not allowed to go to college because her family did not think that was proper behavior for a female.

  14. Amy lowell • One of the first to use “free verse” • Smoked cigars • Had a weight problem • Pound called her the”hippopoetess”

  15. William carloswilliams • 1883-1963 • A pediatrician and a poet! • A child of immigrants, he spoke Spanish, French, and British English.

  16. William carloswilliams • Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1963.

  17. William carloswilliams • Focused on capturing the essence of modern American life by depicting ordinary people, objects, and experiences using everyday language.

  18. This is Just to SayBy William Carlos Williams I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast. Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold. 1. What is the intention of the speaker? 2. Why is the incident in this poem important to the speaker? 3. How do lines 10–12 reveal its importance? 4. How would you describe the philosophy of life suggested by this poem?

  19. Ezra pound • 1885-1972 • Inspired dramatic changes • Insisted that writers “make it new”

  20. Ezra pound • Contains fourteen words • Not one is a verb • economy of language, • precision of imagery • experimenting with non-traditional verse forms.

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