imagism
(often initial capital letter) a theory or practice of a group of poets in England and America between 1909 and 1917 who believed that poetry should employ the language of common speech, create new rhythms, have complete freedom in subject matter, and present a clear, concentrated, and precise image.
a style of poetry that employs free verse and the patterns and rhythms of common speech.
Origin of imagism
1Other words from imagism
- im·ag·ist, noun, adjective
- im·ag·is·tic, adjective
- im·ag·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use imagism in a sentence
The Imagist does not believe in ornament, and this glimpse of character might be uttered in one sentence.
Confessions of a Book-Lover | Maurice Francis EganTheir impressionist, imagist, futurist theories make them too self-conscious.
Suspended Judgments | John Cowper PowysIn the seventeenth chapter it is shown that one type of the Intimate might be classed as imagist.
The Art Of The Moving Picture | Vachel LindsayI should call this an imagist painting, made before there were such people as imagist poets.
The Art Of The Moving Picture | Vachel LindsayThere is no clan to-day more purely devoted to art for art's sake than the Imagist clan.
The Art Of The Moving Picture | Vachel Lindsay
British Dictionary definitions for imagism
/ (ˈɪmɪˌdʒɪzəm) /
a poetic movement in England and America between 1912 and 1917, initiated chiefly by Ezra Pound, advocating the use of ordinary speech and the precise presentation of images
Derived forms of imagism
- imagist, noun, adjective
- imagistic, adjective
- imagistically, adverb
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