Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CONFIDENCE, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Today, dear friend, this grey day Last Line: Melting away because of their passion! | ||||||||
Today, dear friend, this grey day, I have been explaining to a young man of the West Indies How the leaves all fall from the little branches And lie soon in crowds along the bare ground; How they lie On all sides so thick that no man May pass any way without touching them, Or hearing at his feet a great crying-out! But in no way at all could I have told him This that I tell you so easily: How having become wise as a flame with watching Above the year since that time he lifted His young face For a moment -- that time of the first passing -- They lie exultant, pressing his footprints, Melting away because of their passion! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CORONAL by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS A GOODNIGHT by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS A MAN TO A WOMAN by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS APPROACH OF WINTER by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS APRIL by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS BLIZZARD by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS BLUEFLAGS by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS COMPLAINT by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS DAISY by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS DAYBREAK by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS |
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