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> # 'Spring and All' from Spring and All (1923)

[William Carlos Williams](https://quotesby.net/William-Carlos-Williams)\#11

[Poetry](https://quotesby.net/William-Carlos-Williams/poetry/)[Nature](https://quotesby.net/William-Carlos-Williams/nature/)[Renewal](https://quotesby.net/topics/renewal/)[Seasons](https://quotesby.net/topics/seasons/)

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## About this quote

What does it mean?The title suggests a focus on the season and perhaps its implications for life or art.In plain termsIt is about the season of spring and a condition.What can you take from it?Seasons can symbolize change or new beginnings in writing.

### Where it applies

- describing nature
- symbolizing change
- setting a scene

### Putting it to work

- write about spring
- use nature as metaphor
- explore renewal

### Questions to consider

- What does spring mean to you?
- How does nature affect your view?

### Another view

The title is vague without the actual text of the poem.

## More from William Carlos Williams

1. > There's a lot of bastards out there!

[Permalink to quote \#4](https://quotesby.net/William-Carlos-Williams/4/ "Permalink to quote 4")
2. > The art of the poem nowadays is something unstable; but at least the construction of the poem should make sense; you should know where you stand. Many question…

[Permalink to quote \#3](https://quotesby.net/William-Carlos-Williams/3/ "Permalink to quote 3")
3. > What is the use of reading the common news of the day, the tragic deaths and abuses of daily living, when for over half a lifetime we have known that they must…

[Permalink to quote \#2](https://quotesby.net/William-Carlos-Williams/2/ "Permalink to quote 2")

## Related quotes

1. > Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!

[Wallace Stevens](https://quotesby.net/Wallace-Stevens)[Wallace Stevens quote \#3](https://quotesby.net/Wallace-Stevens/3/ "Permalink to quote 3")
2. > Listen. With faint dry sound, Like steps of passing ghosts, The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the trees And fall.

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3. > Come, gentle Spring! ethereal mildness, come.

[James Thomson](https://quotesby.net/James-Thomson)[James Thomson quote \#12](https://quotesby.net/James-Thomson/12/ "Permalink to quote 12")

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