n. a style of poetry that employs free verse, precise imagery, and the patterns and rhythms of common speech.

What does the word imagism mean?

: a 20th century movement in poetry advocating free verse and the expression of ideas and emotions through clear precise images.

What is imagism Ezra Pound?

—Ezra Pound. Imagism was born in England and America in the early twentieth century. A reactionary movement against romanticism and Victorian poetry, imagism emphasized simplicity, clarity of expression, and precision through the use of exacting visual images.