Imagism in British and American Poetry

Imagism is a movement in British and American poetry in the early 20th century, which advocates that poetry should follow the accuracy of images and use clear and precise language. Imagist opposition involves too much emotion and skill, which often appears in romantic poetry and Victorian poetry. This is very different from their contemporary Georgian poets, who advocated inheriting tradition. From 19 14 to 19 17, many modernist writers who were not well-known in the field of poetry later published a large number of poems in the name of imagism, which were mainly included in four volumes of poems.

Imagism emphasizes the return to more classical styles, such as the intuition of expression and the indirectness of language, and advocates trying non-traditional poetry formats. They think that an object is an object, which reveals the development of contemporary avant-garde art, especially the later cubism. This literary movement was initiated by Pound. He and a friend think that all poems in the19th century have the following shortcomings: vocabulary accumulation, outdated language, repetition and complex format, especially traditional chapters and steps. Imagism advocates directly reflecting things, and the rhyme should be based on the sense of music. Pound and his followers believe that images should produce emotions, rather than the author telling readers how they should feel.