Essays Tagged: "William Carlos Williams"

William Carlos Williams, a poet on a mission. A biograpphy and a critisism

'Among the poets of his own illustrious generation, William Carlos Williams was the man on the margin, the incorrigible maverick, the embattled messiah. ... n the margin, the incorrigible maverick, the embattled messiah.' (Unger 402) Throughout his career, Williams has always been known as an experimenter, an innovator, and a revolutionary figure in Ameri ... yle that was essentially breaking the mold, and having a style that most critics were unsure about, Williams established a new genre to the poetic world.THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFEWilliam Carlos William ...

(6 pages) 139 1 4.6 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Essay about the poem written by william carlos williams entitled the red wheelbarrow, an anaylsis.

"The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams is one of his shortest poems, according to Nina Baym, that was published in ... king care of him so much. The reason I think the farmer suddenly realizes what is happening is when Williams says it is "glazed with rain water" and then he states that it is "beside the white chicken ... anza look like little, tiny wheelbarrows. This adds to the sensation of visualizing the wheelbarrow.Williams' style is very important to comment on in this poem. He always wanted to change the way poe ...

(4 pages) 174 0 4.4 Jul/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

The Red Wheel Barrow by William Carlos Williams

William Carlos WilliamsMy favorite poem happens to be The Red Wheel Barrow by William Carlos William ... is impossible to make in any better or more complete so I thought that, that was really interesting.William Carlos Williams was born on September 17, 1883 in Rutherford, New Jersey, he studied medicin ... hool and began practicing as a pediatrician in Rutherford before publishing his first Poem in 1909. William Carlos Williams studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. At the University he bec ...

(2 pages) 145 1 3.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

The Feelings of William Carlos Williams

The Feelings of William Carlos WilliamsWilliam Carlos Williams was a member of the Lost Generation. The people of th ... me feelings during and after WW1. They would express their feelings through written pieces, or art. Williams expressed hisfeelings and concerns through poetry. He has written plenty of poems that view ... the author creates. When the author describes how her face looks, tired and dead, this could be how William expresses what abortion does to a baby. William also tells you how this woman is begging for ...

(1 pages) 50 0 3.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Randall Jarrell.

ificant poets and he helped build the reputation of others poets, 'Lowell', 'Elizabeth Bishop' and 'William Carlos Williams'. He wrote many poems on the war and his involvement in the army, which indi ... m one observation to the next. The origin of the bombers has to be repeated in order to be believed.William Pritchard wrote: "There are nominal human beings here - a mother visiting her son at his bas ...

(8 pages) 51 0 4.0 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

William Carlos.

In the William Carlos Williams' film, Hugh Kenner states that, "For Williams, the poem sitting on the page ... tell you anything about how to read it." The poems "The Wind Increases," and "At the Ball Game," by Williams are two good examples of how he used his poetry as a visual object.In the poem "The Wind In ... m as the progression of his life. Things happen in everybody's life that can "blow" you off course. Williams uses the placement of words to symbolize the movement of life.In "At the Ball Game," Willia ...

(2 pages) 32 0 3.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

The Many Poetic Twists of Icarus as portrayed in Edward Field's "Icarus," William Carlos Williams' "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," and Muriel Rukeyser's "Waiting for Icarus."

erspectives using specific techniques. The three poets and their poems are Edward Field's "Icarus," William Carlos Williams' "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," and Muriel Rukeyser's "Waiting for Ica ... d drowned" (Field 30).The point that life goes on is something that Field's poem has in common with Williams'. Williams also expresses that life goes on, but he uses Brueghal's painting to do it. Will ...

(3 pages) 80 1 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

This essay is about William Carlos Williams. It is about his life and also includes analysis of a few of his poems.

William Carlos WilliamsWilliam Carlos Williams was born on September 17th, 1883 in Rutherford, New J ... . Before realizing his ability of writing, he studied to become a doctor and became a pediatrician. Williams is most famous not for the way he writes, but for what he writes about. He was the first po ... anged the whole course of literary history.The poem "The Red Wheelbarrow" is a great example on how Williams only puts the necessities in his poems. Williams could have gone on for a very long time ex ...

(2 pages) 91 0 3.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

This is a paper on the life of Ezra Pound and also an analysis of a few of his poems.

Pound is named In A Station of the Metro. The poem is very short and simple, just like the poems of William Carlos Williams. The poem simply says:The apparition of these faces in the crowd;Petals on a ...

(2 pages) 83 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

William Carlos Williams. Citations included

William Carlos WilliamsLife in the 21st century is something that many people see as a very fast- pa ... slow down enough to look at the big picture, and at things that are simple, yet still very amazing. William Carlos Williams is a poet originally from Rutherford, New Jersey whose poetry describes very ... the same time still keeping the very important minimalism that many people lack in the present day. Williams is a poet who values life and the natural world to the very fullest. William Carlos William ...

(4 pages) 100 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Works of William Carlos Williams and Frank O'Hara

olutionary ideas infused their way into literature with specific focus on works by American writers William Carlos Williams and Frank O'Hara. Using critical analysis the author of this essay will atte ... standing for the ideas perpetuated by abstract expressionists. In order to assess how writers, like Williams and O'Hara, were influenced by ideas propagated by painters one may be inclined to look int ...

(11 pages) 52 0 0.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Images and Symbolic Meaning

rus" by David Wagoner, "The New Icarus" by Vassar Miller and "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" by William Carlos Williams, I will attempt to explore these poems use the process of explication.Sexton ... and fastened to wooden wings, maybe like a cross; also, the poet makes reference to heaven and hell.Williams expresses in his poem that life does go on but uses the painting of Pieter Breughel to do s ...

(2 pages) 47 0 0.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

This is a close reading aka analysis of the poem "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" by William Carlos Williams.

The poem "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus", by William Carlos Williams, portrays in writing the painting by Brueghel. The piece depicts the Greek m ... and fell into the sea to his death. The poem has no set rhyme scheme or meter, an example of one of Williams' many free verse poems. After reading the poem many times, I started sensing a feeling of i ... of each stanza creates a feeling of unimportance; with no attempt at describing the scene in-depth, Williams just gives the reader a superficial view of the scene. There are also some stanzas that exp ...

(2 pages) 42 0 5.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

This is a Biography of William Carlos Williams. It talks about how his life affected his poetry

William Carlos Williams was born in Rutherford, New Jersey in 1883. Williams fell in love with poetr ... entered high school, where he started to write poetry in his free time. By the end of high school, Williams decided to pursue a career as both a writer and a doctor. He received his M.D. at the Unive ... the University of Pennsylvania, where he befriended Erza Pound, who will become a big influence of Williams' writing. Pound helped Williams with the publication of his second collection of poem, The ...

(2 pages) 22 0 5.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Poetry in Advertisement

rtisement campaign. Our proposition is to take the simple, yet quite inspiring, poetic influence of William Carlos Williams and turn it into a radiant advertisement that is not only stimulating, but p ... y stimulating, but profitable and beneficial to your consumer market as well. "The Act", written by William Carlos Williams, will captivate KaBloom's audience and draw them into considering, and then ...

(5 pages) 17 0 0.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Beauty Straight From Nature Using the poem "The Act" by William Carlos Williams in an adversting campaign using the literary elements of symbol, metaphor, theme, personification, or imagery.

vertising campaign. Our proposition is to take the simple, yet quite inspiring, poetic influence of William Carlos Williams and turn it into a radiant advertisement that is not only stimulating, but p ... y stimulating, but profitable and beneficial to your consumer market as well. "The Act", written by William Carlos Williams, will captivate KaBloom's audience and draw them into the full range of KaBl ...

(5 pages) 17 0 0.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Coles Essay

. I have also found that some of the techniques that I did not use of Robert Coles, Dorothea Lange, William Carlos Williams, and Paul Taylor; are some that I wish I would have.Dorothea Lange, a photog ... t idea or time, she would have needed to crop the picture differently, or even choose a new subject.William Carlos Williams writes, "...I'm trying to do another kind of 'examination'--I'm still poking ...

(4 pages) 59 1 4.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Art Essays

The Use of Force by William Carlos Williams Analysis

The short story titled The Use of Force by William Carlos Williams, a doctor tries to treat a young girl who refuses the treatment he offers. D ...

(2 pages) 29221 0 3.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Danse Russe" by William Carlos William.

William Carlos Williams' poem "Danse Russe," is written like most modern poetry, in free verse. Like ... s four through six describes the sun as "a flame-white disc/ in silken mists/ above shining trees." Williams's vivid description of the sun rising above the shiny trees instantly gives the reader a cl ... age of that time just after dawn when the sun is clearing the trees and giving them a glowing look. William's imagery, though in its most vivaciousness here, is not limited to these early lines (Schne ...

(3 pages) 22 0 0.0 Sep/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

"The Use of Force" by William Carlos Williams. This essay analizes how theme is expressed through character.

"The Use of Force", a short story by William Carlos Williams published in 1938 depicts the story of two characters in confrontation. The ...

(2 pages) 77 0 5.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry