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Coming Of Spring In Louise Gluck's For Jane Meyers

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Spring is a time of year that many consider the time of birth. The snow thaws and the flowers and plants regrow. Though some do not consider this to be the case, some consider it to be the coming of yard work and the minimalistic beauty of winter fades. Such is the case with William Carlos Williams and Louise Gluck. In William Carlos Williams Spring and All, he presents spring in the more traditional birth period. In contrast, Louise Gluck’s For Jane Meyers sees spring as the coming of spring as to much to the senses. In Spring and All, William Carlos Williams begins by describing the world as apocalyptic. His word choice consists of: contagious, mottled, driven, cold, waste, muddy, brown, dried. These words do not suggest the life giving

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