This Is Just To Say By William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams is known for writing ‘A Red Wheelbarrow’ in 1923, an iconic poem during the modernist movement. He is also known for writing small, yet simple and powerful pieces of literature such as the poem ‘This Is Just To Say’ written in 1934. Although the poem is short and to the point, there is a lot going on in this poem more than meets the readers eye. Most of the poem is very literal and some of it is left for the readers imagination and creativity to see what williams see’s as he wrote the poem. The language he chooses to use is simple and straightforward, very short and crisp. Williams explores the themes guilt and choices through structure, imagery, and setting.
The title of the poem is “This Is Just To Say”. The title …show more content…
Even though the poem is short and fast, there are moments within each stanza that make each scene illuminated. In the first stanza we can visualize a fruit drawer or bowl sitting the icebox. We can see that they had been sitting there all night long until someone came into the kitchen and took them out. Alot of the imagery is left for the reader to assume and create because the phrases are so short, which makes it fun. They would probably be dark purple and very round lying on top of one another.
In the second stanza there is point where the speaker already had the plums set out on a counter and he was ready to devour them. Referring back to the structure each line is almost the same rhythm of taking bites and chewing. This makes a lot of sense considering the speaker made the choice to eat the plums and not until after he was finished did the feeling of guilt become onset. Each line feels like a mental pondering to how he should apologize while he is still chewing on the delicious plums.
It is not until the third stanza where he finally says “Forgive me..” showing the reader that he is guilty and apologetic.Towards the end though, the speaker offers his apology but wants the person to know just how enjoyable and delicious the plums
The title of the poem is “This Is Just To Say”. The title …show more content…
Even though the poem is short and fast, there are moments within each stanza that make each scene illuminated. In the first stanza we can visualize a fruit drawer or bowl sitting the icebox. We can see that they had been sitting there all night long until someone came into the kitchen and took them out. Alot of the imagery is left for the reader to assume and create because the phrases are so short, which makes it fun. They would probably be dark purple and very round lying on top of one another.
In the second stanza there is point where the speaker already had the plums set out on a counter and he was ready to devour them. Referring back to the structure each line is almost the same rhythm of taking bites and chewing. This makes a lot of sense considering the speaker made the choice to eat the plums and not until after he was finished did the feeling of guilt become onset. Each line feels like a mental pondering to how he should apologize while he is still chewing on the delicious plums.
It is not until the third stanza where he finally says “Forgive me..” showing the reader that he is guilty and apologetic.Towards the end though, the speaker offers his apology but wants the person to know just how enjoyable and delicious the plums