Pictures of the Floating World

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Pictures of the Floating World is a 1919 poetry collection by American imagist poet Amy Lowell, noted for its vivid, Japanese-influenced imagery and free-verse style.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
literary work
poetry collection
author Amy Lowell NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Amy Lowell NERFINISHED
follows Men, Women and Ghosts NERFINISHED
form free verse
genre poetry
hasCulturalContext influence of Japanese ukiyo-e "floating world" aesthetics
hasForm lyric poetry
hasInfluenceOn 20th-century American poetry
hasReception noted for its vivid imagery
recognized as a significant imagist work
hasStructure collection of individual poems
hasStyle imagist poetry
vivid imagery
hasSubjectMatter ephemeral moments
visual impressions
hasTheme Japanese-inspired scenes
modernist experimentation
sensory description
hasTitle Pictures of the Floating World NERFINISHED
influencedBy Japanese art
Japanese poetry
ukiyo-e NERFINISHED
isWrittenIn free verse
language English
literaryMovement Imagism NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod Modernism NERFINISHED
mediaType print
notableFor Japanese-influenced imagery
imagist technique
use of free verse
originalLanguage English
partOf Amy Lowell bibliography
period early 20th century literature
precedes What's O'Clock
publicationDate 1919
publicationYear 1919
publisher Houghton Mifflin Company NERFINISHED
setting various imagined Japanese-inspired locales
subject nature
transience
urban life

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Amy Lowell notableWork Pictures of the Floating World