Ezra Pound was born in Hailey, Idaho, in 1885. He went to the University of Pennsylvania for two years and then continued to get a degree in 1905 from Hamilton College. He taught for a few years at a college and traveled abroad in Europe as well. His biggest love was writing, however, and wrote many poems and other pieces in his lifetime. Pound spread the idea of imagism, in which he said that writers should, "Compose in the sequence of the musical phrase, not in the sequence of the metronome." He helped many writers of his day to progress with his ideas, and continues to inspire writers with his work today.…
