William Carlos Williams

Spring break is over and I have, what most would call, writers block. However, I must push through and continue on. Ok. Starting over. 

Williams writes poems that bring about much emotion. All poems do this, but Williams' poems do this in a way that blows the reader away. When reading The Young Housewife, I first felt a sense of sorrow. This married woman is home living her life, and then a young man drives by in his car. And much like men do, he stares at her for a moment. He compares her to a fallen leaf. What does he mean by this? Does he mean she is frail? Does he mean that she is delicate? Is this comment to be taken as a compliment or an insult?

Williams was a very cultured man, and by that I mean that he had been places and seen things. He seemed to have a greater outlook on life than most people today do. Since he worked in a medical clinic, he took the images in his of head of those patients and created poems, novels, and short stories. I believe Williams was comparing the frailness and delicate characteristics of the woman in his poem to one of the women that he had seen in the medical ward. Seeing women in a vulnerable state allows the individual to see who a woman truly is.

By writing his poems based on events and things that happened throughout his life, Williams is bringing a personal aspect to his poems, as well as encouraging the reader to feel the similar to the way Williams did when he was writing the poems.



I found another blogger who wrote about Williams, as well. You can find that blog here.