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做出的不懈努力和伟大贡献。