Discuss the structural elements in the poems ‘A Dead Baby’ and ‘A Widow’s Lament in Springtime.’ 

 “THE DEAD BABY”

A distinguishing feature of Williams’ craft is astute observation of the surroundings. He represents minute details of the space where the poem is situated. In the given poem, that space is a garden. Interestingly, description of the yard resonates with the mood of the poem. It is grim and morose as the speaker expresses her sorrow and the vacuum she feels at the loss of her husband. The correlation between topography and the mood is noticed at the outset. The speaker says, “sorrow is my own yard”. That establishes the sadness she feels is deeply personal. It colours her view of her own garden which even though in full bloom, appears dreary. We notice how the speaker’s emotional state is then superimposed on the surroundings. Throughout the poem, the image of the garden coexists with the picture of her own sadness. There are a cluster of references to this space, such as “where the new grass flames”, “The plum tree is white today”, “Masses of flowers/Load cherry branches” and “colour of some bushes yellow and some red”. The poet engages with the physical world at the level of both materiality and emotion; one does not overpower the other but complements it. The image of the yard is simple, picked up from everyday life in America, thus bringing alive a particularly American landscape. This ________ _________ ________ ________ _______ ____ _____ ___ ________.
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