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Answer for the clue "Early 20th century poetry movement ", 7 letters:
imagism

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Imagism was a movement in early 20th-century Anglo-American poetry that favored precision of imagery and clear, sharp language. Imagism has been described as the most influential movement in English poetry since the activity of the Pre-Raphaelites . As ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
name of a movement in poetry that sought clarity of expression through use of precise visual images, "hard light, clear edges," coined 1912 by Ezra Pound; see image + -ism . Related: Imagist .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a movement by American and English poets early in the 20th century in reaction to Victorian sentimentality; used common speech in free verse with clear concrete imagery

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A form of poetry utilising precise imagery and clear language

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It had never occurred to Myron or to Effie that in an hotel suite, without even dish-wiping or feeding the chickens, and with no particular longing to study Imagism or Assyriology or the History of Endocrinology, she would not have enough to do.