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Reread the poem "Nothing to Save" by D. H. Lawrence. Why would the poem be considered an imagist work? Explain your answer.

Nothing to Save

There is nothing to save, now all is lost
but a tiny core of stillness in the heart
like the eye of a violet.

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Answer: Imagist poetry is notable for its economical use of words and its vivid and precise visual imagery. "Nothing to Save" is a very brief poem with a single striking image—the eye of a violet. These two aspects of the poem make it much like Ezra Pound's imagist poem "In a Station of the Metro."

Though the title of Lawrence's poem is clearly pessimistic, the subject of the poem is open to interpretation. For example, it's not clear whether the poem is about the author, modern life in general, or some specific context.

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Answer:Imagism supported the need for a concise and clear poetic language. This Poem is Clear an Concise. Based on the precision and immediacy with which the images are presented. The narrative does not follow a chronological thread. The adoption of free verse made imagery poetry much more similar to prose and the language, ever closer to that spoken in everyday life.

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