Ezra Pound: Poems Lesson Plan

Exploring Imagism

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will be able to recall the primary tenets of imagism and create a visual representation of the poem, “In a Station of the Metro.”

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.2

Structure:

Part 1:

https://poets.org/text/brief-guide-imagism

Students will read the introduction to imagism (above) and take notes on the following:

1. Having read this article, how would you describe imagism in your own words?

2. What does the article say about imagist poems and their concern with meter and morals?

3. According to Flint (who was quoting Pound), what were the three central tenets of imagism? How does...