William McDonough

of William Carlos Williams “Nothing whips my blood like verse.” These are the famous words of the great poet, William Carlos Williams. Williams was born on September 17, 1883 in Rutherford, New Jersey. He spent most of his life in Rutherford, so today he is a local hero. Williams’ mother was Puerto Rican and almost had pure Spanish blood. His father was American. As a child, Williams’ dad was a salesman and was often away from home. Thus, they didn’t see each other very much. When Williams was

was trying to pry mathilda’s mouth open. May a doctor have more power on whether to lie to his patient’s or to tell them the truth. A physician should respect the patient’s wishes on whether to live or whether to die. “The Use of Force’’ by William Carlos Williams brings up the question if it is ever justifiable for a medical professional to use force. First of all in a topic in the “MSNBC Equality/Health” talks about a law forcing doctors to lie to patients about abortion. It states”while the american

William Carlos Williams “Philomena Andronica” and Gertrude Stein’s “Identity, a poem” are both visually and tonally very different texts. However, Stein and Williams have both used similar approaches to literary form in their poems as can be seen in their non-traditional approach to meaning generation and rejection of grammatical convention. The poems also both show an interest in the notion of identity and it’s fluidity, although Stein employs repeated images in her investigation whilst Williams

There is no question that Walt Whitman had the most significant influence on American literary history. Along with Emily Dickinson, Whitman represented the Romantic literature era of American literature. Whitman is known for his distinctive poetic forms and free verse. Whitman’s most popular work Leaves of Grass influenced many future writers that came after him to follow his writing style. The richness that Leaves of Grass left behind had such a huge impact on American writers of many different

later became the benchmark for other literary revolutions such as those of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poets and the Black Mountain poets. Objectivist poetry as a movement had its informal roots in the early years of the 1930’s and both Zukofsky and William Carlos Williams

Throughout the poetry analysis unit, I learned lots of things about the poems. I learned how to look at, analyze, and write a poem. My whole perception of poems changed, and I am really happy about it. Before this unit, I used to attach importance to only the meaning of the poems; however, right now, I can attach importance to more than one device in a poem, and use them in my own poems. We started this journey with writing only one stanza with three or four lines. I really liked these poems because

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’ poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” would be used as example of Imagery for years. Born September 17, 1883 to Williams George Williams and Raquel Helene Hoheb, William Carlos Williams was destined to become one of the most influential poets of the 20th Century. Williams was greatly influenced

Three poets have responded to each others poems. Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Raleigh, and William Carlos Williams have said there opinions in nature's role in providing for humanity. Marlowe had a very gentle approach with nature, while Raleigh and Williams have more of a negative and abrasive approach toward nature's role in providing. The three poets have came and showed their opinions through three individual poems. Marlowe, who wrote “The passionate Shepherd to his Love”, has a very positive

Walt Whitman is regarded as one of the most influential poets in American history while Allen Ginsberg was and still is considered a leading figure of the Beat Generation. Both of these poets have similar poetic tendencies even though they were almost a century apart from each other. Walt Whitman helped to inspire many literary descendants ranging from writers to poets alike. One of his most famous poems is in his book, “Leaves of Grass”, called “Song of Myself”. Allen Ginsberg can be considered

create it. These authors of these poems include Robert Frost, Robert Pinsky, W.C. Williams, Elizabeth Bishop, Emily Dickenson, and Robert Hayden. Robert Frost contribution to this anthology include the poems “Mending Wall”, “Out, Out— “, and “The Sound of Trees”. Robert Pinksy contributes just one poem with “ABC”, along with Elizabeth Bishop’s one poem “One Art”, and Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays”. W.C. Williams contributes poems such as “The Red Wheel Barrow”, and “Poem”. Lastly there is a