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Meaning of Amygism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈeɪmiˌd͡ʒɪzəm

Definitions

The American school of imagist poetry influenced by Amy Lowell (1874–1925).

derogatory, uncountable

Examples

“Many examples of what Pound called "Amygism" have permeated reference sources; besides the Britannica, they may be found in entries on "cadence" and "free verse" in the Merriam-Webster and Random House dictionaries, and under "Free Verse" in the venerable Thrall and Hibbard Handbook to Literature. These definitions continue to give the impression that free verse had a metric of its own, quite independent of accentual-syllabic prosody.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Amygist Amyl amyl acetate amyl alcohol amyl nitrate amyl nitrite

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