Evening

Presenter: Hira Mukhtar

by H.D.

Evening textThe light passesfrom ridge to ridge,from flower to flower—the hepaticas, wide-spreadunder the lightgrow faint—the petals reach inward,the blue tips bendtoward the bluer heartand the flowers are lost.

The cornel-buds are still white,but shadows dartfrom the cornel-roots—black creeps from root to root,each leafcuts another leaf on the grass,shadow seeks shadow,then both leafand leaf-shadow are lost.

Hilda Doolittle (H.D)•was an American poet and novelist•had a deep interest in Ancient Greek literature especially Sappho who was a Greek lyric poet•her work had rich imagery•was one of the Imagists

The Imagist Movement•early 20th century movement•rejected the articulate and sentimental language•use of free verse•focused on defined images•attempted to isolate a single image to reveal its real meaning

Imagisme by EzraPoundThe characteristics of Imagist poem:

•Direct treatment of the "thing", whether subjective or objective.•To use absolutely no word that does not contribute to the presentation.•As regarding rhythm: to compose in sequence of the musical phrase, not in sequence of the metronome.

Evening•Pen-picture of sunset•Sunlight traveling from leaf to leaf•Fading flower petals bending inwards•Shadows prevailing•Leaves’ shadows falling on grass•Shadows meet and darkness prevails

Nature and colours•Sunlight•Flowers•Petals•Buds•Shadows•Leaf•Root•Grass

•Blue•White•Black

Images in Evening

Ridgeline on mountains

Ridges on petals

Hepatica nobilis

Wide-spread Hepatica

Hepatica in sunset

Cornus florida buds

Cornal-roots

Leaf cutting leaf on grass

Leaf and leaf-shadow are lost

References•http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/182468 (Poem’s text)•http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/brief-guide-imagism (Imagism)•http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/182468 (A Few Don’ts by an Imagiste)

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