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In the William Carlos Williams' film, Hugh Kenner states that, "For Williams, the poem sitting on the page is a visual object, and the way it sits on the page does not necessarily tell you anything about how to read it." The poems "The Wind Increases," and "At the Ball Game," by Williams are two good examples of how he used his poetry as a visual object. In the poem "The Wind Increases," Williams uses …

…William Carlos Williams definitely did not follow any traditional styles of poetry in these two works. The structure of the poems doesn't even indicate how the poem is supposed to be read. The poems are structured the way they are in order to paint a picture in the reader's head. William Carlos Williams often wrote of everyday life, and the format of his poems help to create a mental picture of the event, taking place.