William Carlos Williams

The Doctor of Poetry William Carlos Williams was a man who was as impressive as he was impressionable. As exemplified by his many works and contributions to the Imagist movement, Williams and his writing were significantly shaped by his upbringing and those who surrounded him as well as his medical experience as a physician. Throughout his childhood and adolescence, he was drawn to his natural surroundings, and his appreciation of nature shines brightly as the centerpiece of much of his work. Doctor Williams’s exposure to a motley of patients from all types of backgrounds allowed him to have a wider perspective of what the human experience truly embodied. Ultimately, William Carlos Williams’s work is the grand product of his life and understand

His father was an Englishman which was both hardworking and cultured as a result of his constant traveling. Williams was exposed to various foreign languages and customs which would develop his cognizance of human diversity. It was Mr. Williams who fostered an interest in literature in his son by encouraging him to read (Williams 14-15). Williams’s mother also significantly impacted his writing, especially in a stylistic sense. She was a painter which instilled a fascination of Art in Williams. The Imagist movement with which Williams associated himself with resembled his mother's flavor of artistry since it was so heavily dependent on imagery (Williams 16-17). The Williams family was neither prominent nor particularly wealthy. Being aware of this made Williams all the more appreciative of the excellent schooling which his parents provided for he and his brother both and allowed him to understand the true value of education (Williams 50). The socioeconomic situation of his family also drove Williams to pursue a career in medicine to support his true passion for writing. Since he was not writing for a living, Williams's poems were in no way diluted by the pressure of writing what would sell easily (Williams

Contrasting the hard, bright red, man-made wheelbarrow with fluffy, white chickens in a harmonic scene speaks to the fluidity with which the two subjects interact with one another. Considering his own immersive connection to nature stemming from his youth, "The Red Wheelbarrow" is a very personal poem (“The Red Wheelbarrow”). Williams’s career in medicine taught him more about the human person than it did the human body. He treated a motley of patients of different races, tongues, socioeconomic statuses, and experiences. His empathetic personality allowed to analyze his patient and retain a grander understanding of humanity. This becomes apparent through the extensive variety of characters who led starring roles in his works (“On the Outside Looking