ABSTRACT
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was a major figure of the Modernist movement in the first half of the 20th century. He is generally considered the poet most responsible for defining and promoting a modernist aesthetic in poetry. This paper first introduces the history and the origins of Imagism and Pound’s status in the process of Imagist Poetry development. It then combines with the creation theory of Imagist Poetry to point out the common characteristics of Imagist Poetry. And then by studying their predecessors’ research and Pound’s own poetry theory, it analyses the writing characteristics of Pond’s Imagist Poetry: the use of imagery, concise language and musical rhythm. And it uses examples to prove the specificity of these characteristics. It finally discusses the influence of Pound’s Imagist Poetry in domestic and foreign literature.
Keywords：Imagism; Ezra Pound; image; musical rhythm
Contents
1. Introduction 1
2. Ezra Pound and Imagism 2
2.1 Ezra Pound 2
2.2 Imagism .4
3. Imagistic features of Pound's poetry 5
3.1 The use of Image 5
3.2 Concise Language 10
3.3 Musical Rhythm 11
4. Influence of Pound’s poetry 12
4.1 The impact on domestic literature 13
4.2 The impact on foreign literature 14
5. Conclusion 16
Acknowledgement. 17
Reference 18
