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An Explication of William Carlos Williams’ “The Widow’s Lament in Springtime”
Death is an insatiable force that mercilessly alienates individuals from their passions and from that which they have derived joy; it brings with it great despair and uncertainty. ...
Williams’ poem is one of irony and the title of this poem, “The Widow’s Lament in Springtime,” foreshadows the sad irony of this poem very well. ... He has created a free verse lyric full of emotion and imagery that aids the reader in truly understanding the widow’s despair in spite of her beautiful surroundings and the irony of her lament among them. ... She begins her lament by speaking of her “sorrow” and identifying it as her “yard,” an extended metaphor carried through line nineteen that helps one see her yard for the inescapable entrapment it is.
Approximate Word count = 940
Approximate Pages = 3.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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