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.

其极力鼓吹“意象主义”而后又热衷痴迷于“旋涡主义”的漫长过程足以显示出庞德在诗歌领域所出的不懈努力和伟大贡献。