IMAGISTS
IMAGISTSImagism was a movement in early 20th-century Anglo-American poetry that favored precision of imagery and clear, sharp language.
IMAGISTSPoets presented the essence of objects, people, or incidents; without providing an explanation.
Poets carefully chose each word.
IMAGISTSJapanese and Chinese poets influenced American poets.
Many Imagist poems are similar to the haiku form of poetry.
IMAGISTS Short-lived; 1914-1918,
During WWI
IMAGISTSe.e.cummingsEzra PoundAmy LowellWilliam Carlos Williams
E.E.CUMMINGS
1894-1962Edward Estlin CummingsAmerican poet, painter, author and playwright
2,900 poems
E.E.CUMMINGS
One of the most popular 20th century poets.
Themes: love and nature
Known for syntax.
E.E.CUMMINGS
Influenced by other Imagist poets – Pound and Lowell
Also influenced by surrealist painters
HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=HNNQGN4DXJO&NR=1i carry your heart
"Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense." - e.e. cummings
AMY LOWELL
1874-1925Won Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1926.
Her brother was the president of Harvard.
AMY LOWELL
Lowell was not allowed to go to college because her family did not think that was proper behavior for a female.
AMY LOWELL
One of the first to use “free verse”
Smoked cigarsHad a weight problemPound called her the”hippopoetess”
WILLIAM CARLOS
WILLIAMS1883-1963A pediatrician and a poet!
A child of immigrants, he spoke Spanish, French, and British English.
WILLIAM CARLOS
WILLIAMSWon the Pulitzer Prize in 1963.
WILLIAM CARLOS
WILLIAMSFocused on capturing the essence of modern American life by depicting ordinary people, objects, and experiences using everyday language.
THIS IS JUST TO SAYBY WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMSI have eatenthe plumsthat were inthe iceboxand which you were probablysavingfor breakfast.
Forgive methey were deliciousso sweetand 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?
EZRA POUND
1885-1972Inspired dramatic changes
Insisted that writers “make it new”
EZRA POUND
Contains fourteen wordsNot one is a verbeconomy of language, precision of imagery experimenting with non-traditional verse forms.