William Carlos Williams

I had written down in my notebook a poem which to anazlyze so that is what I am going to do today rather than tackle the style itself. I am going to really devour the poem as Professor Nicosia says, that poem is "Portrait of a Lady". Like a few other poems that are in this collection there is a sexual undertone to the poem. The speaker has a very vocal role in this poem as the reader you are able to hear what he is thinking questioning himself and making sounds like an actual conversation, like; "Ah" and "yes". In many points of the poem there is seraching for the perfect comparison which leads me to wonder if she is so good why is he searching for anything? The connection between human and nature is very interesting and a part of the poem that I enjoyed. The "thighs are appletrees" and the "shore", are all places that the reader can see and go in their mind and touch and smell and it seems like these types of poems cater to me a bit more and make it easier to relate to but I enjoy these poems more than something criptic like T.S. Elliot. I am not saying I hate any other poetry but I just like it more. Back to the poem, He is unsure what shore to go to and that is a problem while all beaches are beautilful some are more beautiful than others the fact that the speaker is still searching still is suspicious as to how serious he is about this woman. But than again it is only a "portrait".