The Dance “Every artwork exists to evoke pleasures that are easier to feel than to describe.” (Vendler, 73). William Carlos Williams defies the nature of this statement in his poem, “The Dance”, which is a description of Brueghel’s artwork “The Kermess”. To analyze the poem as pleasure, one must analyze the poem’s rhythm, rhyme, structure, images, argument, poignancy, wisdom, and the development of new style or language in the poetry; just as to analyze …showed first 75 words of 855 total…

…showed last 75 words of 855 total…to dance, prance, rollick, and frollick right off the page. William Carlos Williams is a unique free-verse poet. In venturing away from the standard uses of rhythm and rhyme he has developed his own style. His use of unsophisticated language provides the sense of simplicity depicted in the artwork he writes about. His use of structure, and failure to use elements of rhythm and rhyme provide the avenue to fully interpret and understand his poetry.