William Carlos Williams is a poet from the imagest period. He was a poet, a general practicioner and a pediatrics doctor. The three peoms I chose to analyze are, “This is Just to Say”, “The Red Wheelbarrow” and “Danse Russe” by William Carlos Williams. Two of them are very short, not saying much, leaving it up to the reader to pull as much story out of the lines of poetry as possible. All three are written in free verse and during the imagest movement. They all have the ability to cause the reader to stop and ponder the meaning beyond the obvious. With Danse Russe, he takes the reader by hand and dances them through his moments, describing them fully. He tantalyzses the reader with how he “dances grotesquely” in front of the mirror. He is not alone: the house is full of people sleeping while he is up to his shenannigans. Showing how just because he is flaunting his nakedness it does not mean he is mad and everyone is dreaming, unable to counter him and say he is a wicked crazy man. 1It could be that this is one of his earlier writings and dancing naked even in his own house would be fantastical …show more content…
It sits outside with the chickens, “glazed with rain.” It's a very plain way to say so much but give so little. So much is left unsaid. 2Why is this wheelbarrow so important? Why has it caught his eye? This is very similar in how he writes about the plums. With his confession of having eaten the last of the plums, in “This is Just to Say”, Williams asks for forgiveness while at the same time he dangles the truth: he gobbled them and left not one in the bowl! The resistance is real and he cannot find it in himself to leave even one for anybody in the house. This attitude, the silly selfishness, is also shown in “Danse Russe” when Williams waits until everyone is out and then carries on in his silliness, mentally sticking his tongue out at