Which best describes the imagist movement, exemplified in the work of T. E. Hulme and Ezra Pound ?
Correct answer: B. an effort to rid poetry of romantic fuzziness and facile emotionalism, replacing it with a precision and clarity of imagery
- A. a poetic aesthetic vainly concerned with the way words appear on the page
- B. an effort to rid poetry of romantic fuzziness and facile emotionalism, replacing it with a precision and clarity of imagery
- C. an attention to alternate states of consciousness and uncanny imagery
- D. the resurrection of Romantic poetic sensibility
Explanation
Imagism rejected Romantic vagueness and excessive emotion in favour of exact, sharply presented images and economical language. Its central aim was precision and clarity, not visual experimentation with the printed page or a return to Romanticism.
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