Ezra Pound's was written in 1945, while the poet was being held in an American military detention center near pisa, Italy, as a result of his pro-fascist wartime broadcasts to America on radio Rome. Imprisoned for some w...Ezra Pound's was written in 1945, while the poet was being held in an American military detention center near pisa, Italy, as a result of his pro-fascist wartime broadcasts to America on radio Rome. Imprisoned for some weeks in a wire cage open to the elements, Pound suffered a nervous collapse from the physical and emotional strain.