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Poet: William Carlos Williams (William Carlos Williams Art)
Poem: Tract
Poem of the Day:
Oct 22 2004
Comment 6 of 6, added on June 13th, 2009 at 11:39 AM.
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JaneRadriges from United States
Comment 5 of 6, added on June 6th, 2009 at 10:25 AM.
Hie every body.
I liked the poem very much. There are people who exagerate in celebrating ocasions.Not for them but for the others.I HOPE THAT WHO HE READS THE POEM TRY TO LERARN FROM IT
Amel Dekali University of Biskra from Algeria
Comment 4 of 6, added on March 10th, 2009 at 3:35 PM.
The poem “Tract” by William Carlos Williams, on the surface, is a criticism of an ostentatious funeral (Geddes 37). However, the poem does have a strong hidden message. “Tract” could very well be a direct criticism of Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”(Geddes 123) and any other poem like it. In his poem, William Carlos Williams criticizes poets like Thomas for using too many stylistic formalities, thereby obscuring their poetry’s true literal content. He also scolds them for placing themselves into the poetry when, in his view, there really is no place for them there. Finally, he ends with an offering of recourse for all the poets like Thomas.
On the surface, the narrator in “Tract” is criticizing an overly ornate funeral. His purpose is to establish a new idiom in which cultural inhibitions are discarded. This purpose can also be applied to the poems’ hidden meaning; a criticism of Dylan Thomas’ work. When the narrator refers to his “townspeople,” what Williams might be implying is “my fellow poets.”
Ahmed zahran from Egypt
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The article is usefull for me. I’ll be coming back to your blog.
JaneRadriges from United States