Read this excerpt from Ezra Pound's "A Retrospect," a collection of his essays about poetry. State the three tenets, or beliefs, that according to Pound are the basis of imagism.

"According to Pound, these three tenets are the foundation of imagism: Treat the subject of the poem directly. Use words economically, and avoid using words that don’t contribute to the subject. Treat the poem’s rhythm as a musical phrase, or as Pound explained: Don't chop your stuff into separate iambs. Don't make each line stop at the end and then begin every next line with a heave. Let the beginning of the next line catch the rise of the rhythm wave unless you want a definite longish pause" plato