William Carlos Williams

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first collection of poems (Poems) in 1909.
Williams was closely involved with the Imagist movement and it was in Imagist publications that his first works of poetry appeared. It was his relationship with the Imagist movement that taught Williams the necessity of bringing out new styles and techniques of composition that would defer sharply from the poetic styles of the 1800's. Imagism was a literary movement that focused on evoking emotions through clear, simple images presented in common language. There could be no clearer representation of this than in Williams's poetry.
Williams eloquently uses colloquial speech and simple everyday characters often set in suburban New Jersey in his poetry. Williams wrote: "By listening to the language of his locality, the poet begins to learn his craft..." In fact, one of his most memorable achievements is probably his five books of poetry about the downtrodden and humble New Jersey city of Paterson (Paterson, 5 books 1946-1958) which few ...

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