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Poet: William Carlos Williams (William Carlos Williams Art)
Poem: A Sort Of A Song
Comment 10 of 10, added on March 16th, 2009 at 8:57 PM.
Here the poet is talking about the modern poets who unlike conventional poets are sharp and quick and also patient when necessary.The modern poet takes an abstract thing and makes it organic and lively by his writing.This is why the poet is saying saxifrage is the flower that attracts him because it has the ability to grow even in rocks which is life less.
Tom from Bangladesh
Comment 9 of 10, added on November 19th, 2008 at 3:56 PM.
Two framing images in this poem are the snake and saxifrage. The snake is a patient, but not passive, hunter, the prey comes to the snake. Saxifrage settles in the cracks of rocks, with time and patience it cracks the rock. The simple message is not that the song will strike you, but in the natural order of things, let life come to you -- And, life IS the word.
Roy Conant from United States
Comment 8 of 10, added on November 19th, 2008 at 3:56 PM.
Two framing images in this poem are the snake and saxifrage. The snake is a patient, but not passive, hunter, the prey comes to the snake. Saxifrage settles in the cracks of rocks, with time and patience it cracks the rock. The simple message is not that the song will strike you, but in the natural order of things, let life come to you -- And, life IS the word.
Roy Conant from United States
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Here the poet is talking about the modern poets who unlike conventional poets are sharp and quick and also patient when necessary.The modern poet takes an abstract thing and makes it organic and lively by his writing.This is why the poet is saying saxifrage is the flower that attracts him because it has the ability to grow even in rocks which is life less.
Tom from Bangladesh