Amygism

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/ˈeɪmiˌd͡ʒɪzəm/

noun

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

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Meanings

nounAmygism (uncountable)
  1. derogatoryuncountableThe American school of imagist poetry influenced by Amy Lowell (1874–1925).
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    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.

    1998, H. T. Kirby-Smith, The Origins of Free Verse, page xii

Origin

Blend of Amy + imagism, coined by the poet Ezra Pound.

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Amygism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Amygism

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Chicago

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