Carlos Williams Use Of Imagery In Poetry

William Carlos Williams poems are greatly influenced by the imagery involved throughout them. The forms of the poems help to convey the themes of each, as well as highlighting their major points. The four poems I’m going to look at are “The Red Wheelbarrow”, “Portrait of a Lady”, “Danse Russe”, and “This Is Just To Say”. Each of these poems has specific examples of William Carlos Williams use of imagery and form. The poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” was written in 1923. Although the poem is only eight lines, it has very clear imagery throughout it. The poem is composed of one sentence broken up at various intervals, which make the poem have a very clear image. The image of the wheelbarrow is displayed in its most basic parts in the third and forth lines. The break between the two words wheel and barrow bring particular attention to a wheelbarrows most basic parts. The word “glazed” gives the wheelbarrow a fresh look in the poem. It plays on the emotion that the wheelbarrow is new and shiny, even though it might be old, the rain gives it a “glazed” look which makes it look new. The main focus of this poem is the “red wheelbarrow”, and this is truly pointed out in the first line of the poem “so much depends upon”. The poem “Portrait of a Lady” was written in 1934. You
This seems to be a very simple poem. The poem is more like a letter written to someone to tell them that they have eaten their plums. There are many other ways to interpret this poem, such as the betrayal of a friendship. One friend has betrayed the others trust by stealing the plums from their icebox. There are many ways that this poem can be seen. The “plums” in the poem can represent many things such as friendship, love, or anything that can be stolen. The poem is about something being stolen between two good friends. Yet the last four lines of the poem have a sarcastic undertone which seems to me to imply that the apology is not very