T.S. Eliot & William Carlos Williams Comparison T.S. Eliot and William Carlos Williams, are American poets, whose poetry has left its mark on society. Both of them, contributed to the modernist poetry movement, and heavily used imagery in their writing. Specifically, in regards to imagery usage, they relied on Ezra Pound’s model as a guide. However, Eliot and Williams’ upbringings and backgrounds differentiated the two writers because these factors influenced the content of their writing. As a result, this paper will cover these topics in depth, to show the similarities and differences between the two poets. During, 1910s and 1920s, the poetic avante-garde, brought about the desire for the development of new poetry. T.S. Eliot and William