An influential literary movement that took place in Europe and America from 1910 to 1920. The imagist poet creates a simple, clear, and vivid image which in itself is the expression of art and meaning to evoke an emotional response in the reader.Imagism was in part a reaction to the “bad habits” of 19th century poets who were too explicit in their commentary and too repetitious in their subjects, patterns, and meters.One of the representatives of Imagism is Ezra Pound, whose major works include In a Station of the Metro, and Cathay.