logopoeia

Meaning

Noun

  • One of Ezra Pound's three kinds of poetry, consisting of the use of words for more than their denotation, taking advantage of the context associated with a word.

Origin

  • Coined by Ezra Pound from Ancient Greek λόγος and Ancient Greek ποίησις in a 1918 review of the Others poetry anthology.

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