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Analysis and comments on This Is Just To Say by William Carlos Williams

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Comment 25 of 85, added on June 28th, 2005 at 1:33 AM.

Every great literacy work has a higher order meaning. The theme of this
poem really lies in the last 2 lines. The ending means 'so sweet and yet so
cold'. Could it be that the receiver of the note has been 'saving' the
forbidden fruit', which is a common biblical image in western literature?

Timothy from United Kingdom
Comment 24 of 85, added on June 23rd, 2005 at 9:56 PM.

today,we have an exam about this poem.i wrote this on my paper,the author's
condition is very poor he had to eat the plums satisfied him hungry....i
found sometimes my imagination is too well i take it too seriously,after
read it several times,i get a better thinking.the author just can not
resist the sweet of the plums despite he knew he was wrong if he enjoy
it,but somehow he did.jsut like sometimes we indulge ourselves too,even we
know .....


leo
Comment 23 of 85, added on June 12th, 2005 at 10:14 AM.

It's simply a beautiful poem and has been one of my favorites for years.
Out of all the poetry I've read over the years, I can remember very few,
but this one and The Red Wheelbarrow, are vivid in mind after all these
years. That must mean something about good writing.

Heidi from United States
Comment 22 of 85, added on June 8th, 2005 at 5:58 PM.

pussys not cool. They shit on my lawn den dey crap in my stove. Becase dere
is a hole in my house. There two kind of pussy a pussy cat n a pussy on a
women they are bith bithces.

Fooker from Japan
Comment 21 of 85, added on June 7th, 2005 at 7:57 PM.

i have gravy in my pants so then my mom gives me mountain dew. i gave the
dew to my grandma she drank it and died. then the frog in my uncles toilet
had fungus on its crotch so they had to do a c-section. then my cat smoked
a cigar and got addicted to yante. just then a plane came up and hit me in
the noodles. i still cant belive that aaron bender had fender on his
wender. -thats my poem, visit www.poemsareforlosers.com to see more

Gravy popsickle from Andorra
Comment 20 of 85, added on June 7th, 2005 at 6:31 PM.

fat people are like crap in my shorts. they have hair on their butts. i saw
this one fat perosn so i sold them on e-bay and i got a hundred bucks!
cletis is in my tithole

Bob crotch stain from Algeria
Comment 19 of 85, added on June 6th, 2005 at 11:33 AM.

it was about this all junk crap in my shorts and this dumb fool sold his
wife on e-bay

rick from New Zealand
Comment 18 of 85, added on June 1st, 2005 at 8:37 PM.

what if the poem was about rape.
does it still "suck"?
i think it's pretty genius.

Sam from United States
Comment 17 of 85, added on May 19th, 2005 at 10:13 PM.

i agree with dani this poem dosn't have a profound meening its just there
and if u like it or dont thats your problem, me personaly......i like it


devil child from United States
Comment 16 of 85, added on May 12th, 2005 at 2:18 PM.

to the commentor who suggested that this is the perfect exemplar of why all
poetry sucks, i wonder if you could try to look to the relationship
suggested by those simple words. it tells of two whole lives, if you are
willing to imagine them. the speaker who's sly and sweet, and gets his way
because of his ability with words. the "you" in the poem, wife, or
roommate, or whomever, who is perhaps happily resigned to life with someone
as gifted and selfish as the speaker. at least he's grateful. he loved
the plums so much he wrote poetry about them. it'd be too hard to stay mad
at a guy like that. besides, Williams was writing at the same time as guys
like T.S. Eliot whose best works were written in four and five different
languages (all in one poem.) this guy, in contrast, was trying to show
little corners of life that were simple, but significant. and he used
simple but significant words to get that across. congrats on your poetry
award. may you live to deserve it.

matt from United States

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Poet: William Carlos Williams
Poem: This Is Just To Say
Added: Feb 20 2003
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