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Imagist Poem
Nov 23rd, 2003 at 9:35pm
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Imagist Poem

Imagism is a term first used by Ezra Pound, although the style it describes is much older. At its most fundamental level imagism represents an image and lets that image carry the whole poem. No implications are drawn with regards to interpreting the image; rather, the imagery is the message that the poet is trying to convey. 

Edgar Allan Poe's "To Helen" is an example of an imagist poem:

Original 1831 version

Helen, thy beauty is to me
   Like those Nicean barks of yore,
That gently, o'er a perfum'd sea,
   The weary way-worn wanderer bore
   To his own native shore.

On desperate seas long wont to roam,
   Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,
Thy Naiad airs have brought me home
   To the beauty of fair Greece,
And the grandeur of old Rome.

Lo ! in that little window-niche
   How statue-like I see thee stand!
   The folded scroll within thy hand —
A Psyche from the regions which
   Are Holy land !

Revised 1845 version

Helen, thy beauty is to me
Like those Nicean barks of yore
That gently, o'er a perfumed sea,
The weary, way-worn wanderer bore
To his own native shore.

On desperate seas long wont to roam,
Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,
Thy Naiad airs have brought me home
To the glory that was Greece,
And the grandeur that was Rome.

Lo, in yon brilliant window-niche
How statue-like I see thee stand,
The agate lamp within thy hand,
Ah! Psyche, from the regions which
Are Holy Land!
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