English 2230F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Hokku, Sail Components, Imagism

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Presents an emotional complex in an instant of time. Imagist poet is expected to avoid decoration, use common everyday speech. In the station of the metro by ezra pound pg. Base on japanese poetry called hokku which would traditionally have 5/7/5 in terms of syllables. He varies this slightly, he adds 2. Direct expression tells us what he sees (cid:862)appa(cid:396)itio(cid:374) of these fa(cid:272)es i(cid:374) the (cid:272)(cid:396)o(cid:449)d(cid:863) The colon then leads to image as a metaphor in the second line. Is there a correspondence between faces and something else in the poem. Trying to capture movement but in an image. Petals more likely to stick to it. The wet bough is the wet clothing, umbrellas, etc. of the people in the metro station. Loaded 19 syllables with a lot of information to be extrapolated. Sets up particular scene in a public garden. Epigraph gives us a clue (cid:862)en robe de parade. French for dress to impress, dress for the public, etc.

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