Answer: Williams compares the world after the war to a dying landscape. Through a number of metaphors, the poet describes the terrible consequences of the war.
Explanation:
<em>"Spring and All"</em> is a poem by William Carlos Williams (1883 – 1963). In order to understand the poem, it is important to note that it was written towards the end of World War I. The world still suffered the consequences of the war, and was slowly recovering.
That being said, the poet uses a number of metaphors to both describe the terrible consequences of war, and yet leave the readers hopeful about the future. At the beginning of the poem, Williams describes a road which leads to a "contagious hospital", and the dying landscape by the road. There are bushes that have become twigs and muddy fields. The adjectives that Williams uses to describe the landscape serve as a metaphor for the state of the world at the end of the war:
<em>"....small trees
</em>
<em>with</em><em> dead, brown leaves </em><em>under them
</em>
<em>leafless vines</em><em>."</em>
Just like the nature, the world as people knew it before the war has also become unrecognizable. However, there is a change of tone at the end of the poem. Williams announces the beginning of spring, which will bring life. There is a promise of a better future that will come after the war.
Theme characterization and setting
Making connections with your knowledge of the world while reading a text is so helpful because it affects how we learn in a good way. If you as a reader bring some previous knowledge or experience about the world before you read a text, you would be able to make connections and in that order, understand better what you read.
So, answering your question, this are some of the questions you might think about in an attempt to relate a text with your knowledge of the world:
- Does this text remind me of the real world? If so, what is it and why?
- How can I this part associate to the world/ to what I am leaving?
- Why is this similar to what happen in the world?
Answer:
What keeps humans motivated on a regular basis.
Explanation:
depending on what you want to have a main focus on for the last part of the sentence you can change.
example
what keeps humans motivated to go to the gym
what keeps humans motivated to continue on in school.
