The Thinker
The Thinker - fact Summary
Domestic Observation of Intimate Objects
The poem records a small, affectionate domestic observation: the speaker notices his wife Florence Herman’s new pink slippers and follows their quiet movements through the house. The simple, close-focused description turns a mundane object into a source of private pleasure and emotional connection. The poem thus grows from Williams’ everyday life, registering intimacy and tenderness in a brief domestic scene.
Read Complete AnalysesMy wife's new pink slippers have gay pompons. There is not a spot or a stain on their satin toes or their sides. All night they lie together under her bed's edge. Shivering I catch sight of them and smile, in the morning. Later I watch them descending the stair, hurrying through the doors and round the table, moving stiffly with a shake of their gay pompons! And I talk to them in my secret mind out of pure happiness.
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