I am trying to show imagism within H.D.'s poem called spice Rose.
Imagism rejects the traditional moralistic thinking and culture of the 19th century. It goes against the excessive imagery and sentimentality that was a popular form of writing during that period. Imagists such as Ezra Pound, Hilda Doolittle and Richard Aldington were not fond of the large amount of symbolism and superfluous commentary. In a response against excessive writing of the 19th century Pound, Doolittle, and Aldington applied three principles that imagist poetry requires which is: Unambiguous treatment of the ‘thing’. For example an apple is an apple there is no hidden symbolism. Every word must contribute to the presentation by revealing something, and to compose in the sequence of the musical phrase.
I need to find the influence of imagism within this poem:
Sea Rose
Rose, harsh rose
marred and with stint of petals,
meagre flower, thin,
sparse of leaf,
more precious
than a wet rose
single on a stem --
you are caught in the drift.
Stunted, with small leaf,
you are flung on the sand,
you are lifted
in the crisp sand
that drives in the wind.
Can the spice-rose
drip such acrid fragrance
hardened in a leaf?
I especially need help with the last stanza! I am confused as to what it means acrid fragrance in a hardend leaf...
Any help would be great!
Imagism rejects the traditional moralistic thinking and culture of the 19th century. It goes against the excessive imagery and sentimentality that was a popular form of writing during that period. Imagists such as Ezra Pound, Hilda Doolittle and Richard Aldington were not fond of the large amount of symbolism and superfluous commentary. In a response against excessive writing of the 19th century Pound, Doolittle, and Aldington applied three principles that imagist poetry requires which is: Unambiguous treatment of the ‘thing’. For example an apple is an apple there is no hidden symbolism. Every word must contribute to the presentation by revealing something, and to compose in the sequence of the musical phrase.
I need to find the influence of imagism within this poem:
Sea Rose
Rose, harsh rose
marred and with stint of petals,
meagre flower, thin,
sparse of leaf,
more precious
than a wet rose
single on a stem --
you are caught in the drift.
Stunted, with small leaf,
you are flung on the sand,
you are lifted
in the crisp sand
that drives in the wind.
Can the spice-rose
drip such acrid fragrance
hardened in a leaf?
I especially need help with the last stanza! I am confused as to what it means acrid fragrance in a hardend leaf...
Any help would be great!