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William Carlos Williams - The Hunters in the Snow

1962 

The over-all picture is winter 
icy mountains 
in the background the return 

from the hunt it is toward evening 
from the left 
sturdy hunters lead in 

their pack the inn-sign 
hanging from 
a broken hinge is a stag a crucifix 

between his antlers the cold 
inn yard 
is deserted but for a huge bonfire 

that flares wind-driven it is tended by 
women who cluster 
about it to the right beyond 

the hill is a pattern of skaters 
Brueghel the painter 
concerned with it all has chosen 

a winter-struck bush for his 
foreground to 
complete the picture.

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Poet: William Carlos Williams
Poem: The Hunters in the Snow
Poem of the Day: Aug 29 2000

Comment 1 of 1, added on September 5th, 2007 at 11:56 AM.

The general meaning is the description of a picture that talks about the hunters in the winter.

The detailed meaning is how lives the hunters during the winter,with the harsh weather and how the painter has chosen the things or the objects that wanted to paint and show the reality of the people. May be the history is created by the painter and that situation does not exist.

The poet’s intention are illustrated the truth about their people and how they feel in that place or situation. May be the poet is trying to say how a family live when they have been through difficult times and how they sort out all the problems with the familly, relatives and also the comunity, all this is said in the poem “hanging from
a broken hinge is a stag a crucifix... inn yard is deserted but for a huge bonfire that flares wind-driven it is tended by women who cluster about it to the right beyond...”


camila from Chile

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