The philosophy behind this poem is seen in the line "there are no ideas but in things".
The philosophy behind this poem is seen in the line "there are no ideas but in things". Incorporating prose passages from historical documents, newspapers, and geological surveys, it consists of 5 complete Books and fragments of a sixth Book. Book 5 is untitled but dedicated to Toulouse- Lautrec, and is a commentary by an aged poet on the earlier four Books, which are entitled "The Delineaments of the Giants", "Sunday in the Park", "The Library", and "The Run to the Sea" and which concern a city on the Passaic River near the author's hometown. FTP, what is this poem which holds that "a man in himself is a city", written by William Carlos Williams?
The philosophy behind this poem is seen in the line "there are no ideas but in things".
Paterson