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William Carlos Williams was born on September 17, 1883, in Rutherford, New Jersey. He lived in this town for almost his entire life, except for school and visits to Europe with his family. William got his first and last name from his father and his middle name from his uncle on his mother's side (Williams 402). William's father, William George Williams, was an English Episcopalian (Longman 1). William's father never became an American because using his British papers made …

…es accomplish Williams' imagery of spring's transformation. He describes the landscape as a muddy place strewn with weeds and trees. Williams' use of visual words such as forked and upstanding adds to the image of barren landscape. When giving detail to the wildcarrot leaf and the first movement of the creature. The end of the poem describes the waking of the newborn to what may be what the typical image of spring. BIBLIOGRAPHY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**