What is the intention of the poet in writing the poem “A Pact” f

Reading Comprehension: Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.“It was you that broke the new wood,
Now is a time for carving.
We have one sap and one root—
Let there be commerce between us.”
What is the intention of the poet in writing the poem “A Pact” from which these lines are taken?
【正确答案】：

IN THIS POEM, POUND STARTED TO FIND SOME AGREEMENT  BETWEEN "WHITMANESQUE" FREE VERSE, WHICH HE HAD ATTACKED FOR ITS CARELESSNESS IN COMPOSITION, AND THE "VERSE LIBRE" OF THE IMAGISTS WHO SHOWED MORE CONCERN FOR FORMAL VALUES.

【题目解析】：在这首诗中，庞德开始在“惠特曼式”的自由诗和意象派诗人的自由诗中找到一些共识，他曾抨击前者的作品创作过程粗放。后者的更关注于形式价值。