A Few Don’ts by an Imagiste
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"A Few Don’ts by an Imagiste" is Ezra Pound’s influential 1913 essay that lays out the core principles and stylistic guidelines of the Imagist poetry movement.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: A Few Don’ts by an Imagiste Context triple: [Imagism, hasNotableText, A Few Don’ts by an Imagiste]
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A.
Counter-Attack and Other Poems
Counter-Attack and Other Poems is a 1918 collection of anti-war poetry by Siegfried Sassoon that vividly depicts the horrors and futility of trench warfare in World War I.
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B.
The Colossus and Other Poems
The Colossus and Other Poems is Sylvia Plath’s first published poetry collection, showcasing her early distinctive voice and themes of identity, death, and psychological turmoil.
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C.
The Future Poetry
The Future Poetry is a critical work by Indian philosopher and yogi Sri Aurobindo that explores the spiritual evolution of poetry and envisions a higher, more intuitive poetic expression for the future.
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D.
Ars Poetica
Ars Poetica is a famous 1926 lyric poem by Archibald MacLeish that meditates on the nature and purpose of poetry, encapsulated in its dictum that "a poem should not mean but be."
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E.
The Hollow Men
The Hollow Men is a 1925 modernist poem by T. S. Eliot that explores themes of spiritual desolation, paralysis, and the fragmentation of modern life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: A Few Don’ts by an Imagiste Target entity description: "A Few Don’ts by an Imagiste" is Ezra Pound’s influential 1913 essay that lays out the core principles and stylistic guidelines of the Imagist poetry movement.
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A.
Counter-Attack and Other Poems
Counter-Attack and Other Poems is a 1918 collection of anti-war poetry by Siegfried Sassoon that vividly depicts the horrors and futility of trench warfare in World War I.
-
B.
The Colossus and Other Poems
The Colossus and Other Poems is Sylvia Plath’s first published poetry collection, showcasing her early distinctive voice and themes of identity, death, and psychological turmoil.
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C.
The Future Poetry
The Future Poetry is a critical work by Indian philosopher and yogi Sri Aurobindo that explores the spiritual evolution of poetry and envisions a higher, more intuitive poetic expression for the future.
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D.
Ars Poetica
Ars Poetica is a famous 1926 lyric poem by Archibald MacLeish that meditates on the nature and purpose of poetry, encapsulated in its dictum that "a poem should not mean but be."
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E.
The Hollow Men
The Hollow Men is a 1925 modernist poem by T. S. Eliot that explores themes of spiritual desolation, paralysis, and the fragmentation of modern life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
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literary manifesto ⓘ |
| advocates |
clarity in poetic expression
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musical rhythm instead of metronomic regularity ⓘ use of no superfluous word ⓘ |
| associatedWith | early 20th-century Anglo-American modernism ⓘ |
| author | Ezra Pound ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
conventional poetic phrasing
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ornate and decorative diction ⓘ vague abstraction in poetry ⓘ |
| describes |
principles of Imagism
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stylistic guidelines for Imagist poets ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
direct treatment of the subject
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economy of language ⓘ precision of imagery ⓘ |
| genre |
literary criticism
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poetics ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialIntention |
to codify Imagist practice
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to instruct aspiring Imagist poets ⓘ |
| historicalContext | pre-World War I literary avant-garde ⓘ |
| influenced |
Imagist poets
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development of modernist poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Imagism
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surface form:
Imagist poetry
modernist poetry ⓘ poetic technique ⓘ |
| movement | Imagism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
concise list of poetic rules
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formulation of Imagist doctrine ⓘ |
| partOf | Imagist movement’s foundational texts ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1913 ⓘ |
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