Spatial Rhythm and Poetic Invention in William Carlos Williams' Sunday in the Park

Compare the ways poets show the relationship between people and places in “Neighbours” and in one other poem from place.

Wordsworth uses imagery to convey positive images of confined spaces. The first instance of this is in the introduction of the poem, “Nuns fret not at their convent’s narrow room” (Wordsworth 78). A nun is not unhappy with her small room because she is able to find peace there. This is where nuns are able to connect with god. The connections that they feel there helps to provide them with comfort. Even though it may be a small room, it is what they are familiar with and have grown accustomed to. Over time they probably haven’t noticed the small space of the convent because it has been over shadowed by the positive memories formed within the building. Imagery is used throughout the poem to continually convey the theme. All of the images that Wordsworth portrays lead to the same conclusion. Each image that Wordsworth creates in the poem is of a confined space. However, the subject of the image is never trying to flee from this place. In many instances they are drawn towards these compact spaces. All because of the same general reasons, it is comfortable, safe, and familiar.

The article offers a unique view into Hughes’s poetry, revealing another side of Hughes’s expertise as a poet. Although she does spend a great deal of time on the discussion of the importance of Hughes’s diction to the rhythms he wanted to infuse into the aforementioned five pieces, Dickinson does more than the traditional literary analysis in order to explain Hughes’s talents as a writer. With special attention given to the five of his lesser-known works, she gives the reader an opportunity to hear the music within the lines of many pieces.

George Szirtes article “Formal Wear: Notes on Rhyme, Meter, Stanza, and Pattern” from the Poetry Foundation opens with opinions which focus on limitations of poetic form. As a counter to these common arguments, Szirtes claims, “Verse is not decoration: it is structural. It is a forming principle and words at depth” ("Formal Wear: Notes” 2). He then develops an argument explaining, “the constraints of form are spurs of the imagination: that they are in fact the chief producers of imagination” ("Formal Wear: Notes” 2). Taking these ideas into consideration Szirtes incorporates the idea of language explaining how language connects to memory and imagination which come together to form poetic images. Additionally, when poets use form it develops

Similarly, in Williams' poem, "The Great Figure," he reinforces the idea of brevity over elaboration in order to draw the reader into a moment of pure objectivism. Williams employs a visually disjointed poetic pattern to express the minute details of an ordinary scene. Between line six and line nine, Williams places single words as enjambed lines. The power of each word is emphasized by its solitary line placement. The lines "firetruck," "moving," and "unheeded" each ends with mute sounds (Williams 1). The sound at the end of each line creates a hard stop, further emphasizing the solitary power of each word. Additionally, "moving" and "tense" are placed at the center of the poem each shaping both the motion and mood of the poetic landscape (Williams 1). The structure of "The Great Figure" carries the observant reader swiftly through each component of the scene. The reader's attention is drawn between different objects by using prepositions. An example of prepositional use to direct attention occurs in the line "on a red" (Williams 1). When using the objectivist style, the perception of the poet is emphasized

Imagine reading a poem and believing it means one thing, but the underlying message is something completely different. Authors like to use different literary techniques to make a valid point, to make the reader feel a certain emotion, or even to share a distinct memory with their reader. Poetry has helped authors focus their readers on their work by achieving themes that may portrayed in several pieces of their work. In May Swenson’s case, she used a variety of techniques to create different emotions for the reader, while expressing certain periods of her life. May Swenson uses nature in her poetry to personify sexuality and make it into a repetitive theme in her work. Many of Swenson’s critics can agree

In the early 1900s a new era of poetry had swept in. Imagery would craft a generation of poets, and with it would be William Carlos Williams’ opportunity to break out into the world of poetry. Williams would be a pioneer in the movement and help to generate a widespread interest in this new genre. Williams’

In the poem “Poem” the syntax is very interesting because of how each line is organized. The way the lines are organized gives an image of what the poem is trying to show us. The way the poem is laid out may leave some think it is awkward, but the way it is organized actually makes it more rhythmatic than it would just read out in 1 or 2 lines. When reading the poem I picture the cat climbing/walking with pauses every time the line ends. For example in lines 5-7, “first the right”(Williams 5) pause as the cat steps, “forefoot/carefully”(Williams 6-7) you can picture the cat going slowly and carefully.

In Anthony Grooms', "Homespace," the speaker's mind-set remains constant from the setting that he had just returned from and in the new setting where the poem takes place. In contrast to Mora's poem, Grooms' tone never alternates; it is a stable conscience feeling of being in a

Poetry has a role in society, not only to serve as part of the aesthetics or of the arts. It also gives us a view of what the society is in the context of when it was written and what the author is trying to express through words. The words as a tool in poetry may seem ordinary when used in ordinary circumstance. Yet, these words can hold more emotion and thought, however brief it was presented.

​“Landscape with the Fall of Icarus” was written by William Carlos Williams who wrote with his own style of imagination. He used imagery with clear, sharp language. William created his poem without using symbols and minimal figurative language. The poem goes along with the title simply, because it talks about the landscape then Icarus drowning. In the poem it explains the setting very well. The author writes using enjambment to write his poem. There is no punctuation or capitalization. The readers never know where the poem is going, or where it will end. The theme of this poem goes along with Brueghel’s painting. In the painting you don’t see Icarus until the bottom of the painting. William Carlos Williams doesn’t mention Icarus until the last stanza of the poem. He

poem is not merely a static, decorative creation, but that it is an act of communication between the poet and

“The relationship between the energies of the inquiring mind that an intelligent reader brings to the poem and the poem’s refusal to yield a single comprehensive interpretation enacts vividly the everlasting intercourse between the human mind, with its instinct to organise and harmonise, and the baffling powers of the universe about it.”

The theme of ‘Slow Dance’ is about living life to the full, not wasting time because there is no telling how much time is left. In much the same way, ‘Leisure’ questions life and the time left to enjoy it. In ‘Slow Dance’, Weatherford depicts that individuals need to take time out of own lives to stop the rush. In the poem, the author employs the metaphor of, ‘You’d better slow down don’t dance to fast. Time is short. The music won’t last.”` Which uses music as a metaphor for life, and readers are reminded that it won’t last forever. As well as instilling the reader with wonder, as it causes them to reflect on their lives and if they live it too fast. Similarly, in the poem ‘Leisure’, Davies incorporates similes such as, ‘No time to see in broad daylight, streams full of stars, like skies at night’. Using this simile, the author establishes the image of not being able to see in broad daylight as time is moving so fast that all that is seen is stars. It also relates to the theme of

Williams’ theories were related to the distancing of the poem from the author and the creation of a poetic work as the result of a combination of perceptions and objective reality. Zukofsky’s theories were related to the poem as being considered as an object that is always in a state of being, an object that is continuously created. The poem is an entity that should be considered separately and as not a collection on mere details, but should be read as its own principal