Logopoeia
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In literary analysis, logopoeia or logopeia refers to the verbal impact of poetic language.
Ezra Pound
coined the word in 1917 from Greek roots in a review of the poetry
of Mina Loy
— he defined the term as "the dance of the intellect among words and ideas". Elsewhere he changes intellect to intelligence. In 1929, in the New York Herald Tribune of 20 January, he gave a less opaque definition: that which "employs words not only for their direct meaning, but [...] takes count in a special way of habits of usage, of the context we expect to find with the word".
Pound came to contrast logopoeia, the phenomenon of exclusively verbal context, with two other effects of poetry:
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry...
coined the word in 1917 from Greek roots in a review of the poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
of Mina Loy
Mina Loy
Mina Loy born Mina Gertrude Löwry was an artist, poet, playwright, novelist, Futurist, actress, Christian Scientist, designer of lamps, and bohemian. She was one of the last of the first generation modernists to achieve posthumous recognition. Her poetry was admired by T. S...
— he defined the term as "the dance of the intellect among words and ideas". Elsewhere he changes intellect to intelligence. In 1929, in the New York Herald Tribune of 20 January, he gave a less opaque definition: that which "employs words not only for their direct meaning, but [...] takes count in a special way of habits of usage, of the context we expect to find with the word".
Pound came to contrast logopoeia, the phenomenon of exclusively verbal context, with two other effects of poetry:
- phanopoeia, the suggesting of visuality
- melopoeia, the suggesting of musicality and rhythm