Björn Vrooman Jan 4, 2019:

@Lancashireman "Of course, this article reflects the changed circumstances of the late 1930s; in his 1916 essay on vorticism, he uses ‘super-position’, rather than ‘contraposition’."
http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/54508/1/Hull,_David.pdf

Pound's not even consistent.

Many others use juxtapose:
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/m_r/pound/bio.htm
https://modernism.coursepress.yale.edu/in-a-station-of-the-m...
https://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/ezra-pound

The question is how much you need to go into detail. I don't have Stephen's document. I guess two options are better than one.

Here's another one:
"As in Pound’s idea of a good work of music, this poem relies heavily on the juxtaposition of images, or, in the language of 'On Harmony,' the 'space' between and around images. The three images alone mean nothing independently of one another—the station, faces, and petals mean little independently, but by juxtaposing them beside each other, Pound provokes a connection. He implies that there is a relation and causes the reader to interact with the images in order to experience the connection."
https://musicalgeography.org/explore/literarymusical-interse...

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Lancashireman Jan 4, 2019:

Not sure how reliable this source is... Ezra Pound proposed a technique he called "superposition" – setting images side by side so that they stayed independent whilst at the same time evoking fresh insights into each other.
http://www.anotherkindofpoetry.org.uk/anotherkind/?imagist

Björn Vrooman Jan 4, 2019:

Pound reference "Pound developed and clarified the aesthetic meaning of the concept juxtaposition in his poetics and also practically used this idea in his poetical works."
https://www.quora.com/What-is-juxtaposition-in-haiku

To explain my previous comment: Three dictionaries don't even list superposition, thought it does exist and Oxford will show you an example of its use. In movie-speak, images are "superimposed," hence my confusion.

I guess you both taught me something today.

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Edit: For another reference, please see
http://www.literarydevices.com/haiku/

Björn Vrooman Jan 4, 2019:

PS Was superpoition a typo for superimposition? Am I catching on too late?

Björn Vrooman Jan 4, 2019:

... This here in particular:
"Juxtaposition, the use of two images to enhance the effect of the observation, tends towrads a longer haiku, whereas the current tendency of one-image haiku lends itself to shorter ones."
http://www.haikupoet.com/definitions/davidson_def.html

It's mid to late 20th century but seems close enough.

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Björn Vrooman Jan 4, 2019:

Hello Stephen, hello Lancashireman First off: Happy New Year!

Second, what about juxtapose? For starters:
"The most important aspect of a haiku is not form or the season word or nature or objectivity. Rather, what’s most important is the pause/juxtaposition of the poem’s two parts. This caesura is indicated in traditional Japanese haiku with a 'kireji' or 'cutting word' (a participle such as 'ya,' 'kana,' and so on), not having any specific meaning, but roughly equivalent to punctuation marks we might use in our poetry"
http://www.graceguts.com/essays/beat-haiku-and-my-discussion...

"As most Haiku creators wrote in calligraphy, juxtaposing an image, a scene or an emblem to their Haiku must have a been a natural progression with those flowing brushstrokes of ink.

This wonderful juxtaposition of art and Haiku is called Haiga."
https://hubpages.com/literature/Haiga-Haiku-with-Imagery

"The focus here is on the juxtapositions of seasons. The speaker is calling to mind an old memory during warm spring days."
https://terebess.hu/english/haiku/wright.html

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Lancashireman Jan 4, 2019:

...text about the use of superposition... How has the author of this article about 'superposition' translated the term into German? Überblendung looks like a suitable candidate for the role. (As already suggested by Steffen and Phil.)