Although Imagism isolates objects through the use of what Ezra Pound called ‘luminous details’, Pound’s Ideogrammic method of comparing concrete instances to express an abstraction, such as representing the abstract concept of ‘red’ with concrete imagery of ‘rose’ or, ‘cherry’, is similar to Cubism’s manner of synthesizing multiple perspectives into a single image.
Compare and contrast two poets from the Modernist Era.
Similar subject in title only, both poems are considered to mark the beginning of their careers as influential poets. Both poets are American born however moved to Britain and became known as the forefathers of the Modernist poetry movement. Many art lovers in London in the 1910s were interested in art that was outwardly attractive but not deeply beautiful, all style and no content, immediately pleasing but not enduringly rewarding, and both of these poems seems to deal with the poets ‘growing up’ and profound changes in their poetry due to world events (WW1). They focused less on imagery (Romantic era) and more on clear sharp language to present values in directness, presentation and economy of language. Both poets have experimented with poetic forms throughout the structure of their poems, which is quintessential to the poetry of the Modernists and the Imagists.
T. S. Eliot: 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock', 1920.
· Dramatic monologue.
· A stream of consciousness.
· Seems to be full of frustration- sexual, life, society.
· Not sure who the author is talking to (someone else or himself?).
· A theme of time span throughout the poem- a single day.
Ezra Pound: 'Hugh Selwyn Mauberley', 1920.
· Autobiography.
· Deals with large time period.
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| Piet Mondrian, Gray Tree, 1912. |
Compare and contrast two poets from the Modernist Era.
Similar subject in title only, both poems are considered to mark the beginning of their careers as influential poets. Both poets are American born however moved to Britain and became known as the forefathers of the Modernist poetry movement. Many art lovers in London in the 1910s were interested in art that was outwardly attractive but not deeply beautiful, all style and no content, immediately pleasing but not enduringly rewarding, and both of these poems seems to deal with the poets ‘growing up’ and profound changes in their poetry due to world events (WW1). They focused less on imagery (Romantic era) and more on clear sharp language to present values in directness, presentation and economy of language. Both poets have experimented with poetic forms throughout the structure of their poems, which is quintessential to the poetry of the Modernists and the Imagists.
T. S. Eliot: 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock', 1920.
· Dramatic monologue.
· A stream of consciousness.
· Seems to be full of frustration- sexual, life, society.
· Not sure who the author is talking to (someone else or himself?).
· A theme of time span throughout the poem- a single day.
Ezra Pound: 'Hugh Selwyn Mauberley', 1920.
· Autobiography.
· Deals with large time period.
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