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Imagism

Imagism. 1912-1917. What it is. Poetry that presents an image as a larger statement. Usually free verse There were three rules: Direct treatment of the “thing”—either object or subject Use no word that is not absolutely necessary Compose as if it is a musical phrase not song. Poets.

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Imagism

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  1. Imagism 1912-1917

  2. What it is • Poetry that presents an image as a larger statement. • Usually free verse • There were three rules: • Direct treatment of the “thing”—either object or subject • Use no word that is not absolutely necessary • Compose as if it is a musical phrase not song

  3. Poets • HD (Hilda Doolittle) • Ezra Pound • William Carlos Williams • Amy Lowell

  4. In A Station of the Metro The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough. Ezra Pound

  5. This is Just to Say 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 William Carlos Williams

  6. Example Sorry But It Was Beautiful Sorry I took your money and burned it but it looked like the world falling apart when it crackled and burned. So I think it was worth it after all you can’t see the world fall apart every day. Andrew Vecchione

  7. Example 2 Dear Cat Please for give me for watching your eyes gleam in the night. Lorraine Fedison

  8. Example 3 Dear Bird I am sorry To kill you But when you’re cooked You taste too good With gravy. Unknown

  9. Example 4The Golden Fleece I Ate me: dear god forgive me for eating the golden fleece Thou sent down to save Rolmus and Ramous god: dear boy who ate my golden fleece I shall punish Thee by making you save Rolmus and Ramous

  10. Example 5 & 6 Last evening we went dancing and I broke your leg. Forgive me. I was clumsy and I wanted you here in the wards, where I am the doctor! and We laughed at the hollyhocks together and then I sprayed them with lye. Forgive me. I simply do not know what I am doing Kenneth Koch

  11. Between Walls the back wings of the hospital where nothing will grow lie cinders in which shine the broken pieces of a green bottle William Carlos Williams

  12. Example 1 Nothing Made to Something The garbage I saw was like millions of crayon marks on paper. It looks like firecrackers of the world being shot off, But the best thing was it looked like itself—ugly, but nice in a way. Andrew Vecchione

  13. example 2 It was just a big fat old hunk junk but I like it cause he was my brother Jorge Robles

  14. Example 3 Behind the door there is a person with eyes of blue that shine like a mirror when it’s clean Behind the door there is a girl who is I’d better not tell you. Ileana Mesen

  15. example 4 The ticking of the clock Came from the wall above Filled with bricks and wood. The sound of a broken dish filled the air. Jeannie Turner

  16. Your Task • Create two imagist poems mocking one of the ones by Pound or Williams. • You must adhere to the rules of imagist poetry. • Please see the Rubric

  17. Your Rubric Content /Your Voice/Word Choice:: ______(10) • Concrete description of an ordinary object, place, experience—something you have actually seen, heard, smelled, tasted, touched (not something from t.v.) • Captures a subject or object (moment in time, idea) • Daily language, but appropriate for school • Minimal words • Descriptive words • No minimum length—however, words chosen must aid the reader to understand meaning • No sentimentality • No rhyming Conventions/ Organization /Overall Appearance: ______(5) • Titled (center of page) • Put into stanzas (not essay style paragraphs or full sentences)—can be split artistically • Correct spelling • Punctuation and capitalization can be used artistically • X Total ____/15

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