imagism

In these poems it seems as though a lot of imagery and detail is used, which coincides with the imaginist time period in which they were writing.  Ezra Pound and Amy Lowell both rely on heavy distcriptive accounts and imagery to portray their subject and meaning with their poems.    Amy Lowell's "The Pike" follows suit with this term almost to a T.  She writes in a free verse style and very eloquently describes the surroundings and attributes of this Pike.  She uses contrasting colors to particularly describe certain elements. "Silver-sheened in the sunshine..." is an elaborate use of imagery and also alliteration.  She uses attention grabbing metallic color to describe this fish's action of swimming throughout the water from some one else's perspective.  These thoughtful and detailed used of imagery are used to convey the subject of the poem in a simplistic, yet beautiful way.  I particularly enjoyed these poems because of how thought provoking and descriptive they were.  It made them easier to read and enjoyable.