William Carlos Williams: Poems

William Carlos Williams: Poems Glossary

Lily

A plant with trumpet-shaped flowers and slender stems; often used in perfume

Lear

Protagonist and king in Shakespearean tragedy King Lear

Icarus

Mythic figure famous for flying too close to the sun, melting his wax wings and drowning

iron plates

Large sheet of metal; often used in the construction of boilers