WilliamCWilliams4thpd

=William Carlos Williams and his poetry=

Biographical info.
 * born sep. 17 1883
 * died march 4 1963
 * born in Rutherford, New Jersey
 * student at Horace Mann high school
 * MD at university of PA
 * writer and a doctor

Style
 * Imagist
 * vivid imagery
 * strong, simple language
 * no punctuation
 * talks about plums a lot.
 * uses meter and lineation
 * based on everyday circumstances for people
 * principle poet of images movement
 * metaphorical images

important poems.
 * "this is just to say"
 * "A love song"
 * "the red wheelbarrow"
 * "Danse Russe"
 * "kora in hell"
 * "spring and all"

Influences
 * Ezra Pound
 * Cold War
 * Hilda Doolittle
 * Charles Deemuth

Pertinent info.
 * he has a theatre named after him "williams theatre"