Ezra Pound, born Ezra Loomis Pound, was originally from Idaho. He was an American poet who is credited with having done more than any other single figure to advance the modern movement in English and American Literature.  Ezra Pound employed a technique to his poetry called Imagism. Imagism is part of a 20th centry movement in poetry which advocated for free verse as well as the expression of ideas/emotions through clearly painted images. The use of Imagism in poetry allowed the poets more words at their disposal for forming poetry.