Imagism movement in early 20th c. Anglo-American poetry that favoured precision of imagery, clear language. The imagist rejects the sentiments of much romantic and Victorian poetry. Imagist poetry is a style of poetic writing which focused on a particular object or image as the primary subject of the poem. This type of poetry was noted particularly for clear and concise language, which remained poetic and could still use devices such as metaphor or simile, while remaining precise and not emulating the flowery poetry often associated with the Romantic poets. Imagist poetry, as a movement, did not last very long, but had a tremendous impact on those poets who followed. As a poetic style it gave modernism its start in the early 20thth c. Ezra pound was a famous imagist and he coined the term Imagism in 1912.The birth of Imagist poetry is often associated with England, specifically the London area, and is largely attributed to the meeting of poet Hilda Doolittle and writer and editor Ezra pound read a poem by Doolittle, provided some critique, and then passed it along for publication with the poet’s name changed to “H.D. Imagist,” from which the movement takes its name. This occurred in 1912, but by 1917 the Imagist poetry movement had essentially come to an en.