The Parable of the Blind
By William Carlos Williams
The poem is a really interesting balance between being a
literal description of the painting it’s about and also an interpretation of
the painting. Williams creates a lyrical sounding poem which adds to the description
of the painting its lines entail. Reading the poem out loud, I feel, brings the paintings descriptions
to life in a way. The way his stanzas are of an equal amount of lines gives the
poem a very orderly and structured look as well. I would love to see what the
poem would be like if he changed the amount of lines in each stanza, and maybe
even go into further detail about what he sees in the painting. What I find
amusing though is how the poem is basically a visual form of how a poet would
describe a work of art. Of course a poet wouldn’t give a simple description.
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