Imagery in William Carlos Williams’ Poem “This Is Just to Say”
Williams Carlos William’s poem “This Is Just to Say” seems like a simple poem at first glance. After reading the poem, I had discerned it was an imagery poem. As I tried to interpret the poem, several thoughts had wondered through my mind. At first, I was imagining it was a secret message for a lover. Secondly, I thought it was a note left for a wife. Thirdly, I envisioned that it was a representation of Adam and Eve. At last, I felt it represented a confession to God. The simplicity of this poem invites the reader to imagine and paint vivid pictures of the many different interpretations. The poem can be perceived as a secret message for a lover. The Fruits are also known as an exotic and forbidden form of love. “I have eaten the plums that were in the ice box” The plum is used as a seductive way as if the plum was the women and the icebox was the bed where they committed adultery. “and which you were probably saving for breakfast” meant that the woman was supposed to be saved only for her husband. “Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold” depicted that it is a secret love affair that is exciting to have but so cold because a love affair is not a good thing to have. The author did not regret having an affair.
On the first stanza “I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox”, I visualized that a Husband desperately wanted to indulge cold plums on a hot steamy day. “In which you were probably saving for breakfast” looks like he was in a hurry to go to work and didn’t want to wake her. The poem is short and lacks punctuation as if he wrote it on a sticky note on his way out. She probably told him about using the plums for a meal and he wrote this stanza to let his wife know he listened to her. In the third stanza, “Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold” expresses that he felt guilty for eating them but they were very tempting. He was not genuine when he was apologizing. He also tantalized her by expressing how good they were as if
On the first stanza “I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox”, I visualized that a Husband desperately wanted to indulge cold plums on a hot steamy day. “In which you were probably saving for breakfast” looks like he was in a hurry to go to work and didn’t want to wake her. The poem is short and lacks punctuation as if he wrote it on a sticky note on his way out. She probably told him about using the plums for a meal and he wrote this stanza to let his wife know he listened to her. In the third stanza, “Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold” expresses that he felt guilty for eating them but they were very tempting. He was not genuine when he was apologizing. He also tantalized her by expressing how good they were as if