简介:Theimagismisapoeticmovementthatcameoutinthe20thcentury.Intheformerperiod,thepoetsdependlargelyonsemanticdeviationtojuxtaposeabsentandabstractimageswithreaders’familiarandconcreteimages.Inthecollisionoftheimages,thereadersmaysensethebeautyoftheimagesandthepoets’imagination."JacobsenpointsoutthatthetransitionfromtheModernismtopostModernismisatransitionfrommetaphoriclanguagetometonymiclanguage."(Brooks,2004)Inthelaterimagistpoems,thelanguagebecomesmetonymicbuttheusesofmetaphordosenotdisappearinthepoems.Thelaterimagistpoetsdependongraphologicaldeviation,usinglanguagesymbolstopresenttheimagessoastomakethereadersfeeladifferentbeauty.