Silence by Willliam Carlos Williams

The poem Silence by William Carlos Williams was not only an enjoyable read but also portrayed a great feeling of silence throughout its entirety. I mean the title of the poem is Silence. This leaves no doubt in the reader's mind what the poem message is throughout. Its simplicity was also a good thing in my mind. It is short and to the point, making it easy to follow its message. Some of the other poems in the packet I lost interest in because of their length and depth. It may be the shortest poem in the packet, but I feel that it had the best voice throughout. The voice gives an extra feeling of silence, which is neat because in a poem this short you wouldn't expect the voice to contribute as much (at least I think). The voice also gives the poem good movement. I think that it is interesting how the poet associate warm colors such as red and yellow with silence because when I think of silence and colors I picture colors like black and white. I also like the lack of punctuation in this poem. I think it puts a barrier between sound and silence in this case. All in all it was an enjoyable read of silence.