HELPP What is one way in which the poem "The Jelly-Fish" by Marianne Moore
embodies Ezra Pound's rules of Imagism?

A. It does not use descriptive words.

B. It has an exact meter

C. It creates several images.

D. It does not use excess words.

D. It does not use excess words.

Explanation:

Imagism is the literary movement that focuses on the depiction of things as they are and not romanticizing or using 'extra' language to decorate it like the Romantics. This early 20th century poetic movement founded by Ezra Pound is in favor of precise writing and use of words, the depiction of what it really is, and direct use of language rather than go round it. It also favors the use of exact words and not use extra words.

Marianne Moore's poem "The Jelly-Fish" is a 20-lined poem that presents an image of a jelly-fish and how it reacts when a person tries to touch it or capture it. And in her use of such precise words and exact 'to-the-point' directness in the description of the fish, Moore embodies Ezra Pound's rules of imagism in that it does not use excessive words to give a description of the fish.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”