Love Poem with toast
AP Literature and composition
Love Poem with Toast People live, and then people die. That’s the way it has and always will be. In Miller Williams poem “Love Poem With Toast” Williams exemplifies the struggle that humans have with time. ‘ Williams through the use of imagery reveals how humans live their lives always wanting something with a greater purpose. Williams starts the poem with “…the alarm to wake us up, the coffee to perc, and the car to start” with this he describes how people have a start to them but everything that has a start has an end. He then goes on to say “With yes and no like the poles of a battery” this represents the positive and negative experiences people have throughout their lives. Williams says in the third stanza “… wanting to be wanted, wanting not to lose the rain forest, wanting the water to boil, wanting not to have cancer, wanting to be home before dark, wanting not to run out of gas” what each of these “wants” represent is a period of time in which humans experience different feelings. When he says “wanting to be home by dark” he creates an image of an old man wanting to make sure he is content with the life he has lived before he passes away. He eludes to this by saying in the next line “wanting not to run out of gas” which means that people don’t want to leave because people believe there will always be something greater for them in this life. Williams’s use of imagery in the poem really shows humans struggle with the time they are given in their lives.
Love Poem with Toast People live, and then people die. That’s the way it has and always will be. In Miller Williams poem “Love Poem With Toast” Williams exemplifies the struggle that humans have with time. ‘ Williams through the use of imagery reveals how humans live their lives always wanting something with a greater purpose. Williams starts the poem with “…the alarm to wake us up, the coffee to perc, and the car to start” with this he describes how people have a start to them but everything that has a start has an end. He then goes on to say “With yes and no like the poles of a battery” this represents the positive and negative experiences people have throughout their lives. Williams says in the third stanza “… wanting to be wanted, wanting not to lose the rain forest, wanting the water to boil, wanting not to have cancer, wanting to be home before dark, wanting not to run out of gas” what each of these “wants” represent is a period of time in which humans experience different feelings. When he says “wanting to be home by dark” he creates an image of an old man wanting to make sure he is content with the life he has lived before he passes away. He eludes to this by saying in the next line “wanting not to run out of gas” which means that people don’t want to leave because people believe there will always be something greater for them in this life. Williams’s use of imagery in the poem really shows humans struggle with the time they are given in their lives.