Be Specific About Books To Selected Poems
Original Title: | Selected Poems |
ISBN: | 081120958X (ISBN13: 9780811209588) |
Edition Language: | English |
William Carlos Williams
Paperback | Pages: 302 pages Rating: 4.16 | 13470 Users | 189 Reviews
Relation In Pursuance Of Books Selected Poems
Opening with Professor Tomlinson's superbly clear and helpful introduction this selection reflects the most up-to-date Williams scholarship. In addition to including many more pieces, Tomlinson has organized the whole in chronological order.It isn't what he [the poet] says that counts as a work of art," Williams maintained, "it's what he makes, with such intensity of purpose that it lives with an intrinsic movement of its own to verify its authenticity.
List Appertaining To Books Selected Poems
Title | : | Selected Poems |
Author | : | William Carlos Williams |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 302 pages |
Published | : | September 17th 1985 by New Directions (first published 1949) |
Categories | : | Poetry. Classics. Literature. American |
Rating Appertaining To Books Selected Poems
Ratings: 4.16 From 13470 Users | 189 ReviewsEvaluate Appertaining To Books Selected Poems
LOVE WCW.Analysis of "Young Woman at a window"As it happened with Ezra Pound's poem "In a Station of the Metro", which was at first a thirty lines poem reduced finally to two verses, we are confronted by two versions of the same poem by Williams. In both cases, the second versions were reduced and condensed into something clear and straightforward as an image. And that is exactly what defines the Imagism Movement, to use language employing the exact, not nearly-exact, but THE EXACT word, withoutThere is a bond between the poet and reader expressed by William Carlos Williams:I wanted to write a poemthat you would understand.For what good is it to meif you can't understand it? But you got to try hard --from "January Morning" (XV)
What can I say? An absolutely stunning collection - a GREAT poet tells it like it is! William Carlos Williams never pulled any punches - and had the temerity to play the neighbourhood sawbones, unscathed by the undoubtedly countless murderous thoughts of his patients toward their tell-all writer/doctor, in the same old town all his life - not-unhappily ever after!How on earth did he DO it?He had a will of iron, the hide of an old gator, and the poetic voice of the Angel Gabriel!His poetry is
the faces are raisedas toward the lightthere is no detail extraneousYou know, I credit Mike Puma with this turn, oh and Robert Zimmerman and maybe Ezra Pound. All these loose associations led a curious thrust into verse these last days of 2015. It might prove habit forming. There is something remarkable to wake from a deep slumber and find traction into verse. My initial encounters were ill defined. Form was found as I progressed. Without other cost than breathand the poor soul,carried in the
Ah I wanted so badly to enjoy these poems but I found the language dull and the subject matter to be uninteresting. My favorite poem from this collection was "The Red Wheelbarrow', mainly because I had heard it somewhere before and thought it to be beautiful and zen. Maybe I'll give Williams another shot another day.
Remember how in that movie 'Paterson' the guy's girlfriend says: Carlos William Carlos?
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