What is the intention of the poet in writing the poem “A Pact” from which these lines are taken?

What is the intention of the poet in writing the poem “A Pact” from which these lines are taken?

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.