Thursday, February 28, 2013

This is Just to Say

This is Just to Say

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold

William Carlos Williams



Analysis

Quatrain - Four-lined stanzas

This poem is written with a calm and casual voice that appears in daily life. It is a message to his wife or a close friend about what he did to the plums. From Willams's words, this does not sound like an apology note, but the last two lines,"so sweet" and "and so cold" could refer to his feeling of guilt when he ate those plums

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