Thursday, May 6, 2010
William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams was an American poet that wrote in a different, yet simple way. His poems were very abstract and usually focused on one thing. Most of his poems are short, but have a very unclear point to them. He writes in a manner that anyone could, but he did it first and that is why he was famous. Just his name give you an idea that he is a little strange or from a strange family.
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He says that he was influenced by Whitman and Ezra Pound. Perhaps others belong in this group as well. I don't know if Williams was really sure. We do know that the idea of 'no ideas but in things' comes from some thoughts put forth by Whitman. The hard part is figuring out what this sentence means to the creation of poetry.
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