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The Mind Hesitant

The Mind Hesitant. Ridwan Abdullahi ∙ Ivy Cyr ∙ Andrew Villanueva ∙ Alexis Villareal. Thesis. William Carlos Williams compares and contrasts the steady flow of a river with the indecision of thought which symbolizes apprehension. (fear & doubt). Sense: Meaning & Language.

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The Mind Hesitant

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  1. The Mind Hesitant RidwanAbdullahi ∙ Ivy Cyr ∙ Andrew Villanueva ∙ Alexis Villareal

  2. Thesis William Carlos Williams compares and contrasts the steady flow of a river with the indecision of thought which symbolizes apprehension. (fear & doubt)

  3. Sense: Meaning & Language • Mood: Puzzled, muddled, confused • Motif: Variety of thought • Theme: The river (having many path ways like the mind itself) • Tone: Distracted and/or uncertain • Repetition: River & mind • Point of View: Third person

  4. Senses: Imagery & Symbols Its banks snow the tide falling a dark rim lies between the water and the shore Sometimes the river becomes a river in the mind or of the mind or in and of the mind Stanza #1 The river is a metaphor to compare the fluidity of rivers to the mind Stanza #2 The mind is beginning to allude to doubt IMAGERY/SYMBOLS EVIDENCE OF HESITATION

  5. Senses: Imagery & Symbols will find—a complex image: something of white brows bound by a ribbon And the mind hesitant regarding the stream senses a likeness which it Stanza #3 The mind that is hesitant knows that it is confused Stanza #4 Image of the river is complex just as the mind is complex White brows is referencing the peak of something; the pinnacle of confusion IMAGERY/SYMBOLS EVIDENCE OF HESITATION INDEPENDENT WORD

  6. Senses: Imagery & Symbols flowing waters, before the tide will change and rise again, maybe of sooty thought beyond, yes well beyond the mobile features of swiftly Stanza #5 Thoughts are very dark, not very clear Stanza #6 Thought process is flowing in different directions never knowing the path ahead Shows extreme doubt and uncertainty IMAGERY/SYMBOLS EVIDENCE OF HESITATION INDEPENDENT WORD

  7. Style: Poetry Techniques • Incremental repetition Sometimes the river becomes a river in the mind or of the mind or in and of the mind • Metaphorical The river symbolizes the thought process; Continuous, polarized, unpredictable

  8. Structure: Form, Organization, & Pattern • Six stanzas • Four lines per stanza • Enjambment • Evidence of hesitation (marked by colon, comma, & dash) draws attention to doubt and open-endedness • Senses & change are on their own line • No periods

  9. Sound: Musicality & Auditory Techniques • Repetition • Mind (invokes connection between water and consciousness) • Assonance • Letter I, O, & A

  10. Relation to Other Poems • Seafarer • Both about water • Both kind of hesitant (uses or) • Seems unsure (line 9 “with fears that are not fears”)

  11. Relation to History William Carlos Williams was alive during World War I. Many Americans at this time were confused to whether they should join the war, so America isolated themselves from the war but became involved later. The Mind Hesitant could have symbolized how Williams felt about the war.

  12. Discussion What are some cases where someone/something causes us to rethink a decision? How does the behavior of others affect that of our own?

  13. Conclusion The Mind Hesitant is a poem about not knowing how to view the world due to skepticism & fear and not knowing what to expect. The river is very fluid and has many pathways to follow, just as the mind has many different thought processes and feelings. William Carlos Williams must have reached a point in his life where he was very confused, and in the end of that confusion, he must have never reached a conclusion.

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