Answer:
Ezra Pound as a poet is considered the most responsible nad defining a modernist idea.
Explanation:
No.1. Pound begins the poem by acknowledging his animosity towards poet Whitman.
No.2. Pound initially detested Walt Whitman then over a period of time offers him a pact of friendship.
No. 3. Ezra Pound disliked Whitman's crudeness and barbaric yawp. He also got a feeling that Whitman was an epitome of American authenticity.
No. 4. Whitman was also viewed as a creative antithesis.
