William Carlos Williams
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CPT O'Reilly
Mar 10, 2009, 9:26:18 PM3/10/09
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Williams shares some similarities with Stevens. For one, both men
were professionals, Stevens a lawyer and businessman, Williams a
physician. The two were also friends, and they discussed their poetry
with each other. Both are also poets of ideas, but where Stevens
concentrates on order, Williams is more interested in objects, not
necessarily providing any commentary, just representing those things
as he sees them. In this sense, he shares many of the values of the
Imagists, writers like Ezra Pound, Amy Lowell, and H.D.
In Williams' poetry, what objects do you find represented? How well
does the poet convey a sense of what these people and things actually
are? Which poems stand out to you? Why?
were professionals, Stevens a lawyer and businessman, Williams a
physician. The two were also friends, and they discussed their poetry
with each other. Both are also poets of ideas, but where Stevens
concentrates on order, Williams is more interested in objects, not
necessarily providing any commentary, just representing those things
as he sees them. In this sense, he shares many of the values of the
Imagists, writers like Ezra Pound, Amy Lowell, and H.D.
In Williams' poetry, what objects do you find represented? How well
does the poet convey a sense of what these people and things actually
are? Which poems stand out to you? Why?
Mistrot
Mar 10, 2009, 10:59:45 PM3/10/09
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In Williams' poetry I find that he tends to write just for the sake of
writing. His poems don't seem to link with any central idea, such as
in "This is Just to Say". This poem is a simple note that was probably
stuck to a refrigerator door with no other meaning than to tell the
person that the note is intended for that the writer ate the plumbs
that were in the icebox.In "The Bull" he just describes a bull in such
a way as to convey the strength and power of the male bull. In "The
Young House Wife" I infer that the observer sees this woman return
from being with another man by the way Williams states in lines seven
and eight, "uncorseted, tucking in/stray ends of hair"
writing. His poems don't seem to link with any central idea, such as
in "This is Just to Say". This poem is a simple note that was probably
stuck to a refrigerator door with no other meaning than to tell the
person that the note is intended for that the writer ate the plumbs
that were in the icebox.In "The Bull" he just describes a bull in such
a way as to convey the strength and power of the male bull. In "The
Young House Wife" I infer that the observer sees this woman return
from being with another man by the way Williams states in lines seven
and eight, "uncorseted, tucking in/stray ends of hair"
Bertman
Mar 25, 2009, 10:40:35 AM3/25/09
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I really like williams as a poet. He doesn't really focus on one
point, he uses his mind to write some great poems. I think he writes
poetry because he has a great love for it. i really like how he is
real bunt about things. He takes something and tells the read what he
thinks or whats going on . I like the poem " The Bull ", he writes
about what kind of power a bull has.
point, he uses his mind to write some great poems. I think he writes
poetry because he has a great love for it. i really like how he is
real bunt about things. He takes something and tells the read what he
thinks or whats going on . I like the poem " The Bull ", he writes
about what kind of power a bull has.
Adam
Apr 1, 2009, 11:13:14 AM4/1/09
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Williams is a great poet. Williams doesn't usually focus on one
point. He seems to just write what comes to his mind. He seems so
have a great love for poetry and is very good at writing it. In "The
Bull" he describes a bull and the power and strength they have.
point. He seems to just write what comes to his mind. He seems so
have a great love for poetry and is very good at writing it. In "The
Bull" he describes a bull and the power and strength they have.
IP4U1L
Apr 2, 2009, 8:45:46 PM4/2/09
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Besides the fact they were professionals at what they did in their
work i believe Williams had more creativity and personality in his
work because of how he percieved things when he wrote about them. Such
as "the bull" the bull is described as a strong, healthy and powerful
animal and seems just unstoppable. The fact that he describes the bull
and how much emphasis he puts into the focus just makes the male bull
even more intimidating.
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K-Rona
Apr 6, 2009, 6:35:36 PM4/6/09
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I think Williams is a good poet. He takes something and tells the
readers what he thinks or tells whats going on. The one poem that
stands out is "Tract" where he tells or writes on how a funeral should
be.
readers what he thinks or tells whats going on. The one poem that
stands out is "Tract" where he tells or writes on how a funeral should
be.
Harrison M
Apr 7, 2009, 10:19:23 PM4/7/09
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He is hard to undersatnd. He forces you to use your imagination. His
poems are sometimes very short and dont really have any meaning in
them.
poems are sometimes very short and dont really have any meaning in
them.
philm...@yahoo.com
May 5, 2009, 2:07:24 PM5/5/09
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the poems were fun to read because instead of boring ones where you
have to interpret the ones where its tells a fact and thats that. but
in these poems its fun because it talks about very cartoonish and out
of this world ideas. such as the buffalo climbing and chasing after
the man up the tree
have to interpret the ones where its tells a fact and thats that. but
in these poems its fun because it talks about very cartoonish and out
of this world ideas. such as the buffalo climbing and chasing after
the man up the tree
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