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Bibliographic Information MLA Citation formatted from http://www.citationmachine.net OR www.easybib.com OR at the end of a gale database article. "Imagism." Gale Student Resources in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2012. Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 14 Nov. 2012. Research Notes Why the information is important Subtopic Ezra Pound introduced the imagist movement in 1912 while living in The style of Imagist poetry is very simple. London after the end of World War I. According to Pound, Imagism Few words focused around one image. is poetry that uses a single image, building upon the limited details associated with that image. The key to imagist poetry was the “economical use of language.” In other words, the poems are always short and direct with very few traditional conventions. (par. __1__) or (page ___)

Both Pound and Lowell, the heads of the movement, were considered The minds of the writers were constantly “expatriates.” After WWI, these writers were disillusioned by the reacting to things they had experienced death they had experienced and their writing was affected by the thus complicating their writing. psychological scarring.

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Imagism is a reaction against the Romantic era of the Victorian Age. Like all poetry, imagism was a reaction to In particular, the Imagists were disgusted by the romantic’s abstract the historical context that preceded it. and unclear concepts, but even more so they despised the traditional There still are implied themes, but these verse with vague language. are replaced with easy to understand language and concrete images. (par. __3__) or (page ___)

Imagists liked and used certain themes in all their poems. These Themes, while never stated in Imagist themes are never directly stated, but rather are implied. Usually, they poetry, are easy to identify because of the avoided mysticism and focused on the reality of things like war and simple nature of the poems. the affects of these problems. Also, Imagists focused on places, but always on places that carried deep meaning like home. (par. ___6_) or (page ___) “Pound did not believe in abstractions or unnecessary descriptions; The fragmented structure of a Haiku can his imagist poems were profoundly influenced by Japanese haiku.” often leave a reader wondering about the overall message of the story, but can also “In the Station of the Metro” was just 2 lines long. give them a sense of finality (par. _8___) or (page ___) “Pound saw imagism as a movement of criticism and not creation” Imagism is a result of the author’s (par. __9__) or (page ___) background.

Bibliographic Information MLA Citation formatted from http://www.citationmachine.net OR www.easybib.com OR at the end of a gale database article. Williams, William C. "The Red Wheelbarrow." 1923. Prentice Hall Literature. By Kate Kinsella. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007. 733. Print. Research Notes Why the information is important Subtopic The first line of the poem is not capitalized “so much depends properly. upon"

(par. ____) or (page _733__) “a red wheelbarrow” This is a single image used in the poem. (par. ____) or (page _733__)

Bibliographic Information MLA Citation formatted from http://www.citationmachine.net OR www.easybib.com OR at the end of a gale database article. "Criticism: In a Station of the Metro." EXPLORING Poetry. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 14 Nov. 2012. Research Notes—write down information from the text using paraphrasing, Why the information is important—this Subtopic summarizing, or “direct quotes”; every time you switch ideas, switch comes from your own head; why did you (leave blank rows write this down? What can you say about until outline the information? process) “Pound's search for poetic structures through which to understand his Because of his emotional state, Pound emotional experience led him to discard the structures of logic frequently looked for different forms of practiced since the Middle Ages.” expression

(par. __1__) or (page ___) Pound’s structure focused mostly on joining images and ideas in as Imagism is simple in that it always uses few words as possible. one image and few words. (par. __1__) or (page ___) The fewer the words used, the greater the The use of simple words and phrases while avoiding using traditional power of the poem figurative language was a way for the Imagist poets to give power to their words.

(par. __3__) or (page ___) Pound started with more lines to his poem “In the Station of the Metro” is written in a haiku style. This means but whittled it down to a mere 14 words, there are few words (14 to be exact). proving a simplistic style can often carry more meaning. (par. __4__) or (page ___)

Bibliographic Information MLA Citation formatted from http://www.citationmachine.net OR www.easybib.com OR at the end of a gale database article. Williams, William C. "The Great Figure." 1923. Prentice Hall Literature. By Kate Kinsella. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007. 733. Print. “I saw the figure 5” This is a single image in the poem

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The entire poem is one sentence long (only one period at the end and The sentence is fragmented into different no punctuation throughout) “through the dark city” lines

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Bibliographic Information MLA Citation formatted from http://www.citationmachine.net OR www.easybib.com OR at the end of a gale database article. Pound, Ezra. "In the Station of the Metro." Prentice Hall Literature. By Kate Kinsella. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007. 732. Print. “petals on a wet, black bough” This is an incomplete sentence

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