Complete destruction is a short poem written by William Carlos Williams. Williams is a famous poet known for his imagism and modernism. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book of poems in 1963. Williams originally went to college to become a family doctor‚ later he obviously switched his career path to become a writer. William Carlos Williams often wrote uncanny poems. If I were to ask him a question‚ I would ask him what situations in his life inspired him to write some of his weirder poems. One can
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The importance of a poem does not always come in its meaning. William Carlos Williams illustrates this in his work‚ “The Great Figure.” Being an extremely short story about a man seeing a fire truck speed past him on a gloomy night‚ the actual story leaves readers searching for more. Acting almost as a piece of rebellion against more traditional poetry‚ Williams is able to take the focus away from the physical meaning of the poem and make readers focus on the careful structural choices he made.
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What kind of poet was Wordsworth? Write about his life and his place in Romantic poetry. Explicate (explain) one of his poems‚ or compare and contrast a few of his poems. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH‚ who was considered as the one the nest romantic poet in his era‚ was born in 1770‚ at Cockermouth‚ on the Derwent‚ located in Cumberland. His family history is very much similar to the Scott’s; as like Scott he was also the son of an attorney‚ law-agent to the earl of Lonsdale‚ a prosperous man in his profession
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William Morris Research Paper William Morris was a poet‚ artist‚ manufacturer‚ and socialist during the mid to late 19th century. He was most active as a wallpaper and textile designer and later in his life a graphic designer. Morris was born March of 1834 in Walthamstow‚ which was near to London. He lived with his wealthy family near London and learned to read at a young age. He later attended Oxford where he met is friend‚ Edward Burne-Jones‚ who would later become one of the greatest
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All writer use to one degree or another elements of their life to help formulate their characters and stories‚ but Tennessee Williams seems to draw more from his personal experiences than most. After reading “The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin” and doing some background research on the author it becomes quite clear that he wrote this story as a reflection of his life. The similarities between the narrator/boy in the story and Tennessee himself are quite obvious‚ as well as other characters
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Snow” by William Carlos Williams‚ Williams addresses his observations and interpretations of the 1565 painting Hunters in The Snow by Pieter Brueghel. Williams starts the poem off talking about the landscape of the painting. He says “the overall picture is winter icy mountains in the background.” By saying this‚ he wants us to understand the setting of the painting‚ and probably wants us to focus specifically on the winter time‚ and what people do at this time. Moving forward‚ Williams then states
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end of the stick in history‚ when the colonialist came to what is now known as America‚ the people of the land where shown in a different light. They became the stories of terror and fear for the colonist to be afraid of‚ however this was not done in one night know this spans over a time of great explores and those who became American literalness‚ those who detailed history in documents and trades. Using works from John smith and William Bradford in their tales and encounters with Indians‚ the light
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John Chabala‚ Period 5‚ La 11H 12-19-14 Abigail Williams Author Millers play The Crucible. A small town in Massachusetts (in 1692) had a horrific event over a huge witch trial where over 24 people were killed; this eventually became known as the famous “Salem Witch Trials‚” the person who started the horrifying event was named Abigail Williams. As one of the main characters in the play‚ she is a very attractive young lady. However‚ her outwards personality seems to be bitter‚ spiteful and vengeful
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The True Side of William Carlos Williams This is Just to Say I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold William Carlos Williams’ poem‚ This is Just to Say‚ is a cleverly written poem apologizing for eating someone’s plums. Because of the way the note is written‚ it seems as if the recipient of this note is possibly a girlfriend. He tries to tell her that he is very
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John Williams has composed over one-hundred film scores of which he has received forty-five Academy Award nominations. He has become a household name through his memorable music motifs. These themes capture the essence of the film and as one fan summarized: "John Williams has composed some of the best known themes and scores ever. You can’t deny that the Star Wars scores‚ for all the movies‚ especially the Imperial March‚ are incredible. He invented the famous Jaws theme‚ which is a standard
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