Here's a breakdown:
* Romantic poetry: Emphasized emotion, imagination, and the individual experience. It often used grand, sweeping language and abstract ideas.
* Imagist poetry: Focused on precise, concrete imagery and a clear, concise style. They believed in showing rather than telling, and aimed for a direct, sensory experience for the reader.
The Imagists believed that Romantic poetry's emotional excesses and vague language obscured the true meaning of the poem. They sought to create a more direct, objective approach to poetry, using precise language and vivid imagery to evoke a specific emotion or idea.