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William Carlos Williams - The Widow's Lament In Springtime

Sorrow is my own yard
where the new grass
flames as it has flamed
often before but not
with the cold fire
that closes round me this year.
Thirtyfive years
I lived with my husband.
The plumtree is white today
with masses of flowers.
Masses of flowers
load the cherry branches
and color some bushes
yellow and some red
but the grief in my heart
is stronger than they
for though they were my joy
formerly, today I notice them
and turn away forgetting.
Today my son told me
that in the meadows,
at the edge of the heavy woods
in the distance, he saw
trees of white flowers.
I feel that I would like
to go there
and fall into those flowers
and sink into the marsh near them.

Added: on April 27th, 2005 at 3:21 AM | Viewed: 10367 times | Comments and analysis of The Widow's Lament In Springtime by William Carlos Williams Comments (5)


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Poet: William Carlos Williams
Poem: The Widow's Lament In Springtime

Comment 5 of 5, added on April 19th, 2007 at 6:29 PM.

Things she once found distracting because they were so beautiful are small because she lives in the world without her love. She can't stand not being with him so much that death seems like an opportunity for her.

Molly from United States
Comment 4 of 5, added on April 23rd, 2006 at 9:14 PM.

What does the title mean to you? How does it connect with the meaning of the poem?

SHAPE from United States
Comment 3 of 5, added on April 27th, 2005 at 3:21 AM.

I would like you to help me to know everything or the analysis of the poem "my heart leaps up when I behold" by William Wordworth. I'm sorry but I'm sure that you will help me as soon as possible if you don't mind.
Thank you.
your friend..
Sahr

Sahr

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