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This Is Just To Say

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The main idea of William Carlos Williams’ poem “This Is Just to Say” is a statement saying, there were plums in an icebox, the narrator saw them, ate them, which they knew belonged to someone else, who was going to save them for breakfast. This is a simple poem to understand. The contents of the poem get straight to the point. If anyone breaks the poem down, they can easily interpret it. “I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox”. It states the narrator looked in the icebox and ate the plums. “Which you were probably saving for breakfast”, this line is saying that they know they belong to someone. As you can see the poem is clear on the main point. The rest of the poem supports the main idea, “Forgive me they were delicious so
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