EXPLANATION OF "VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS" BY KENNETH KOCH After reading "Variations on a Theme by William Carlos Williams", it seems that Kenneth Koch is doing poetry for the fun of it. His poem is a parody of "This is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams. Koch catches the special manner and flavor of the original. He also extends the original beyond its limits from one topic to four topics. The poem consists of four stanzas of three lines each. It is very easy to follow and each stanza deals with something different. The poem has no rhyming scheme so it kind of read...

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• Grade Level: High School

... , my primary objective is obtaining the meaning, for if I have not done this, then what have I accomplished? Maybe by saying THE meaning I am being too black and white though. Literature, poetry, for example, can mean so many different things to so many different people, and there should be no room for narrow-mindedness. One must understand that the meaning he or ... us understanding ourselves as readers. Their importance might go undetected initially, but I am sure that most people from the class are now realizing their pertinence and conduciveness to a more precise analysis of the read...

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