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What is a Imagist?

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An imagist poem is when you imagine something that is out of the ordinary of something that you thinking about.

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In the first section, he insists that a poem should be 'silent', dumb' or wordless. This seems contradictory or paradoxical as a poem uses words and is not silent. However, what he intends is the imagist concept of art, namely being brief and being direct. This is achieved through using the right words and right images which appeal to the reader's senses of touch, sight, smell, hearing and taste. To convey this he has used the image of fruit that can be tasted or directly felt without the need for words/explanations. Also 'globed fruit' indicates the universality of the senses indicating that sensual images transcend individual cultures and time. Medallions are dumb to the feel of the thumb yet the image of medallions that commemorate past events recalls to memory the emotive past. Similarly, the silent image of 'sleeve worn stone of casement ledges' evokes the sense of touch and along with it nostalgic memories of someone waiting and looking out by the window. Finally, the image of the soundless flight of birds touches the sense of sight. There is action yet it is a silent action. So too should a poem be: it should speak silently, which means, a poem doesn't brashly convey a message or meaning but should evoke emotion/experience and impel imagination through images/words. In the second section, he uses the image of the moon to state that a poem should be 'motionless in time' like the moon. The moon moves but its movement can not be easily perceived. So should poetry be. This could mean that good poems transcend time since they speak of universal experience. Yet each poem is rooted in the concrete i.e. in real, particular experience. What make them universal are the images used and the emotions evoked. Again, the poet uses imagery to illustrate the point. A poem leave memories/emotions/feelings in our mind just like the rising moon.Its imperceptible, incremental movement releases with its light, twig by twig the trees entangled by darkness and with continuous rising leaves the winter behind. The third section seems to refute the idea that art is a search for truth as echoed in Keats' line 'beauty is truth, truth beauty'. For the poet, 'a poem should be equal to: not true'. Poetry is not concerned with the generalities of truth, beauty, goodness or historical facts. On the contrary what it should do is to capture human experience like an experience of grief, or of love, or of loneliness through images. As in the other two sections he uses images to illustrate the point. He uses the images of an 'empty doorway' or 'a maple leaf' to suggest the universal experience and history of grief and the images of 'the leaning grasses and two lights above the sea' to evoke the experience of love. The last couplet 'a poem should not mean but be' seems to re-echo the imagist principle of art for art's sake and poetry as capturing life using precise images that achieve clarity of expression. Poetry should not try to take on great unanswerable philosophical questions or convey some meaning/message. Instead good poetry should use concrete images to capture and evoke a moment of personal experience to take in the richness of being.

What do imagist poems usually focus on?

Imagist poems usually focus on imagery and language. Imagism was popular in the early 20th century, called for a return to classical values.

What is most likely to be the subject of an imagist poem?

A flower petal

What is member of early 20th century movement in poetry called?

imagist

Why would the use of abstractions be offensive to an Imagist poet?

Imagist poets value precise and vivid imagery over abstract concepts, believing that abstraction can dilute the power and immediacy of a poem. Abstractions can be seen as vague and lacking in concrete detail, which goes against the Imagist principle of capturing the essence of a moment or object through specific, sensory language.

The subjects for Imagist poetry are limited to two areas philosophy and folklore?

True.

Wallace Stevens founded the Imagist Movement in 1912?

nooo,, Ezra Pound did :)

What did the Imagist poets believe a line of poetry sound like?

A Musical Phrase

What poet wrote red wheelbarrow?

William Carlos Williams

What does oread reflects imagist poetry contain?

"Oread" by H.D. reflects characteristics of imagist poetry such as clarity, precision, and focused observation of nature. The poem presents a vivid and immediate image of a mountain nymph, or oread, with sharp, concise language that conveys a sense of strength and natural beauty. It follows the imagist principle of capturing a single moment or image without extraneous details.

What did the imagist poets believe a line of poet should sound like?

A Musical Phrase

What did the imagist poet believe poetry should sound like?

Imagist poets believed that poetry should be direct, clear, and free from unnecessary words or emotions. They focused on presenting vivid images with precise language, aiming to create a sharp and sensory experience for the reader.

Who were the imagist?

Answer this question… A group of English and American novelists