01-01-2012, 09:30 AM
Re: Modern Poems
When I say "modern poems" I mean poems written during the modernistic period (circa 1900-1980's), or poems written in that style. It is also known as "Imagism" as outlined by Ezra Pound in "Ideogrammic Method". It is the period that precedes "Post-modernism" and follows Post-romanticism.
Besides Pound, William Carlos William and HD, are some of the more recognizable poets associated with "modern poems", or "modernistic poetry". It is characterized by the attempt to write objective poetry, or poetry stripped of the subjectivity and moralizing of the Post-romantic period, and stylistically it is stripped of most punctuation, capitalization, and often composed of short phrases, generally terse descriptive phrases. In current examples it is often absent general grammar, as it simply a number of dependant clause loosely strung together, ignoring the idea of standard sentence structure.
Note: I use the term "modern poems" although less specific than "Imagism", as most people do not know the term "Imagism", and also because it incorporates more than just strict Imagism, such as the "Beat" period.
When I say "modern poems" I mean poems written during the modernistic period (circa 1900-1980's), or poems written in that style. It is also known as "Imagism" as outlined by Ezra Pound in "Ideogrammic Method". It is the period that precedes "Post-modernism" and follows Post-romanticism.
Besides Pound, William Carlos William and HD, are some of the more recognizable poets associated with "modern poems", or "modernistic poetry". It is characterized by the attempt to write objective poetry, or poetry stripped of the subjectivity and moralizing of the Post-romantic period, and stylistically it is stripped of most punctuation, capitalization, and often composed of short phrases, generally terse descriptive phrases. In current examples it is often absent general grammar, as it simply a number of dependant clause loosely strung together, ignoring the idea of standard sentence structure.
Note: I use the term "modern poems" although less specific than "Imagism", as most people do not know the term "Imagism", and also because it incorporates more than just strict Imagism, such as the "Beat" period.
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.