Sep 18 2020 - More of Just To Say

 

William Carlos Williams' poetry is quoted often.   There are other more quoted poets.  While I didn't look up who has the most quotes, I was fascinated by who is quoted most.  Here is the countdown.  Can you imagine that Alexander Pope is in the first position, and Shakespeare is down at fourth?  Some of the poets are referred to by first and surname, and others just by surname.  Is that sloppy naming conventions? No matter, this is a remarkable chart.        Here are the 50 best known lines of poetry: This is all from blog.inkyfool.com and is the Fifty Most Quoted Lines of Poetry.  The most quoted line from Alexander Pope is also the best known line of poetry: To err is human;  to forgive, divine. So back to William Carlos Williams and his imagist,  enjambed poems.  Here is one his most quoted, as compared to most parodied poems.  Would you like the interpretation?  Take a look at the line-by-line analysis HERE. The Red Wheelbarrow so much depends upon   a red wheel barrow   glazed with rain water   beside the white chickens Here are his words on poetry's place in our lives: It is difficult to get the news from poetry, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there. Our layout pictures today seem the opposite of the poem above.  Nothing sparse here!

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