He showed unprecedented enthusiasm and made huge contributions to Imagism and later Vorticism movements.Cathay, published in 1915, was the very product of Imagism movement.

其发起并极鼓吹“意象主”而后又热衷痴迷于“旋涡主”的漫长过程足显示出庞德在诗歌领域所做出的不懈努和伟大贡献。