Young Woman at a Window
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Young Woman at a Window - meaning Summary
Innocence Amid Adult Sorrow
The poem stages a brief, intimate scene: a young woman sits crying, her cheek in her hand, while a small child—described as "this little child who robs her"—is oblivious to the woman's sorrow. The child's innocent action contrasts with the woman's visible grief, suggesting themes of unintentional comfort, the persistence of everyday life amid pain, and the quiet tension between caregiving and personal loss.
Read Complete AnalysesWhile she sits there with tears on her cheek her cheek on her hand this little child who robs her knows nothing of his theft but rubs his nose
This is an earlier, slightly longer version of William Carlos Williams’s “Young Woman at a Window.”
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