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William Carlos Williams (17 September 1883 – 4 March 1963 / New Jersey)
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an American poet closely associated with modernism and Imagism. He was also a pediatrician and general practitioner of medicine, having graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Williams "worked harder at being a writer than he did at being a physician"; but during his lifetime, Williams excelled at both.
Biography
Early Years
Williams was born in Rutherford, New Jersey to an English father and a Puerto Rican mother. He received his primary and secondary education in Rutherford until 1897, when he was sent for two years to a school near Geneva and to the Lycée Condorcet in Paris. He attended the Horace Mann High School upon his return ... more »
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Popular Poems
- "Libertad! Igualdad! Fraternidad!"
- A Celebration
- A Goodnight
- A Sort of a Song
- Apology
- Approach of Winter
- Après le Bain
- April
- Arrival
- Asphodel, That Greeny Flower
- Backward
- Berket and the Stars
- Between Walls
- Blizzard
Quotations
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''all to no end save beauty
William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), U.S. poet. At the Ball Game (l. 9-12). . . Oxford Book of American Verse, The. F. O. Matthiessen, ed. (1950) ...
the eternal—
So in detail they, the crowd,
are beautiful''
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''It is summer, it is the solstice
William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), U.S. poet. At the Ball Game (l. 31-36). . . Oxford Book of American Verse, The. F. O. Matthiessen, ed. (1950)...
the crowd is
cheering, the crowd is laughing
in detail
permanently, seriously
without thought''
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''It is alive, venomous
William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), U.S. poet. At the Ball Game (l. 16-18). . . Oxford Book of American Verse, The. F. O. Matthiessen, ed. (1950)...
it smiles grimly
its words cut—''
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''the black wings
William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), U.S. poet. Between Walls (l. 1-5). . . Sleeping on the Wing; an Anthology of Modern Poetry with Essays on Rea...
of the
hospital where
nothing
will grow''
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Where is 'The Ivy Crown'?
How fascinating is the way images capture your mind, like a painting, a journey through the images...
William Carlos Williams in his poem: 'A Sort of a Song' gives us a real
'ARS POETICA'.A motto for all of us: 'and the writing be of words' and an ideal:
'Compose. (No ideas but in things) Invent! '