everyday emotion of sloppiness and sentiment....

And as for the platform of Imagism, here are a few of Pound's
"Don'ts for Imagists":

Pay no attention to the criticisms of men who have never
themselves written a notable work.

Use no superfluous word and no adjective which does not
reveal something.

Go in fear of abstractions. Don't retail in mediocre verse
what has already been done in good prose.

Don't imagine that the art of poetry is any simpler than the
art of music or that you can please the expert before you
have spent at least as much effort on the art of verse as
the average piano teacher spends on the art of music.

Be influenced by as many great artists as you can, but have
the decency either to acknowledge the debt outright or try
to conceal it.

Consider the definiteness of Dante's presentation as
compared with Milton's. Read as much of Wordsworth as does
not seem to be unutterably dull.

If you want the gist of the matter go to Sappho, Catullus,
Villon when he is in the vein, Gautier when he is not too
frigid, or if yon have not the tongues seek out the