ABSTRACT

This is just to say I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast. Forgive me, they were delicious, so sweet and so cold.

(William Carlos Williams This Is Just to Say)

What might make them seem not to be like the usual kind of poems? Now let’s look at them one at a time. In the first one, make a list of the separate words you can find. ...........................................