The Dance - A poem by William Carlos Williams


Poets \| Members \| Poem of the Day \| Top 40 \| Search \| Comments \| Privacy November 22nd, 2009 - we have 234 poets, 8,023 poems and 17,904 comments.

William Carlos Williams - The Dance

In Breughel's great picture, The Kermess,
the dancers go round, they go round and
around, the squeal and the blare and the
tweedle of bagpipes, a bugle and fiddles
tipping their bellies, (round as the thick-
sided glasses whose wash they impound)
their hips and their bellies off balance
to turn them. Kicking and rolling about
the Fair Grounds, swinging their butts, those
shanks must be sound to bear up under such
rollicking measures, prance as they dance
in Breughel's great picture, The Kermess

Added: on February 3rd, 2005 at 9:49 AM | Viewed: 25190 times | Comments and analysis of The Dance by William Carlos Williams Comments (4)

The Dance - Comments and Information
Poet: William Carlos Williams (William Carlos Williams Art) Poem: The Dance Comment 4 of 4, added on March 14th, 2006 at 11:21 AM. this is the most amazing poem i have ever read -courtney s. courtney from United States Comment 3 of 4, added on March 14th, 2006 at 11:18 AM. i loved it! it is beautiful ariel from United States Comment 2 of 4, added on February 3rd, 2005 at 9:49 AM. sounds like he's talking about a horse to me! Brandi Svennings from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, The Dance, has received 4 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by William Carlos Williams with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

Poem Info
Poet: William Carlos Williams Poem: The Dance Last read: Nov 22 2009, 11:56AM Viewed 25190 times. Added on February 3rd, 2005 at 9:49 AM.

Williams Info
Biography More Poems (59 poems) Books