« CHapter 13 Roberts Poetic Form | Main | PRO/PRO concept for PRO/CON paper »
February 12, 2006
Williams Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams -- Jerz: American Lit II (EL 267) "No one will beleive this if vast import to the nation" (Last line from Pastoral). Way back in high school, I did a term paper on the Beat poets, on whom William Carlos Williams had a HUGE influence. I was somewhat surprised at the straight-forwardness of his language, but after I thought about it for a while, I realized that maybe this is exactly what the Beats responded to - straight-forward AMERICAN speak.
Posted by BrendaChristeleit at February 12, 2006 6:37 PM
Comments
Brenda,
I like you interpretation on the beats of the Pastoral poem. He does seem to be straight forward in his words and very american like. He talks about making something of your life and at the end he is straight forward in "no one will believe of vast import to the nation" which seems to say we are American.
Posted by: LisaRandolph at February 12, 2006 8:06 PM
I like how you brought in somthing that you done from the past. I find that very interesting. I like his poems a lot.
Posted by: Melissa Lupari at February 12, 2006 9:04 PM
The straight-forward wording is definitely something I respond too as well. I feel welcomed by the ease of his words and I want to dive in and find out what they mean to me. I even have ideas the first time I read the poem, which is unlike my readings of Stevens' work.
Posted by: Jennifer DiFulvio at February 15, 2006 10:38 AM
The language is fantastically straightforward, yeah. But under the plain American-speak is so much deeper meaning that it makes my head spin.
Posted by: Megan Ritter at February 15, 2006 5:05 PM
The language is fantastically straightforward, yeah. But under the plain American-speak is so much deeper meaning that it makes my head spin. As in, sure, he's talking about a dead cat, but he's also talking about so much more.
Posted by: Megan Ritter at February 15, 2006 5:07 PM
WCW's poems probably lend themselves better to interpretation in our modern age, since their language is simpler than that of the older works of other popular favorites.
Posted by: ChrisU at February 16, 2006 5:30 AM