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This 3 page paper examines the poetry of Williams and argues that Williams has made a statement about place, but he has also managed to connect it with a general sense about humanity and human life. No additional sources cited.
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human life. An example is that the mere activity of walking is expressed by the author as follows: "...the body is tilted slightly forward from the basic standing position and
the weight thrown on the ball of the foot, while the other thigh is lifted and the leg and opposite arm are swung forward..." (Williams, 1963, p.59). This is just
one example of the descriptive nature of the authors material. Indeed, it is easy to see how this author embraces a sense of place but also melds common elements of
human existence into the works. On some level, a sense of place can become more than just something associated with one locale. After all, Paterson is not so different
from anywhere else. On some level, it is unique and this, to an extent, is the purpose of the writings, but at the same time, Williams (1963) writes about things
that denote a common experience amongst many people. He writes: "Signs everywhere of birds nesting, while in the air, slow, a crow zigzags with heavy wings before the wasp-thrusts of
smaller birds circling about him that dive from above stabbing for his eyes" (Williams, 1963, p.61). Perhaps this is something he observed and it is something that may be
thought peculiar to his Paterson experience, but it is something that many people around the world experience everyday. Within the observation of his experience of place come common elements. And
while it may be true that the author provides commonalities to which many can relate, he does bring specific memories forth. For example, in his description of a specific area
of the park, he writes: "oaks, choke-cherry, dogwoods, while and green, iron-wood: humped roots matted into the shallow soil-mostly gone: rock out-croppings polished by the feet of the picknickers: sweetbread
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