W.C. Williams

Read the three William Carlos Williams poems in the textbook (or click on the titles):

"The Red Wheelbarrow" (667)

"The Great Figure" (668)

"This Is Just to Say" (669)

Does Williams conform to the rules of Imagism as set out by Amy Lowell (see handout from yesterday, or this link)? Give examples of places where he does or does not follow these rules.

In a small group, read the poem you are assigned by Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, E.E. Cummings, Marianne Moore, or Wallace Stevens. 

Modern Poetry Small Group Assignment:

For your poem,

1. Describe the narrative situation of your poem(s).
2. Identify/describe each of these following devices for your poem(s).  Include the line(s) as examples.
1. Tone
2. Imagery
3. Symbols
4. Metaphor/Simile
3. Describe why your poet fits into (or differs from) the Modernist movement.  Discuss their use of free verse, imagism, symbolism, etc.  Refer to specific information from the Introduction(645-647) of from "Preface to Some Imagist Poets" where possible.