Internal Structure Poem 1- The Dance, pg. 1009

Reaction to The Dance, by WIlliam Carlos Williams, found on page 1009

In "The Dance" the author is describing a painting called "The Kermess" by Pieter Brueghel, which depicts a dance.

In the poem, the author describes "the dancers go round, they go round and around" (2/3). The poem is structured in a such a way, as to never finish a sentence at the end of the line, but at the beginning of the next line, as if bringing you back around every time. The internal structure of the poem reflects the motion of its subject matter.

Also, the poem begins and ends with the same line, "In Brueghel's great picture, The Kermess" (1, 12), which makes it seem as if it's come around in a circle, just like the dancers.