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imagism

im·a·gism [ ímmə jìzzəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
movement: a literary movement of early 20th-century U.S. and U.K. poets that sought to modernize poetic language by the use of ordinary language, free verse, and precise everyday imagery


im·a·gist noun
im·a·gis·tic [ ìmmə jístik ] adjective
im·a·gis·ti·cal·ly adverb
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