This poem is an exemplary example of the imagist style of poetry. You can see exactly what the image is. The poem is plain and depicts only what is real.
Supposedly, this picture was what one of William's patients could see outside her window. She was dying. Williams does not rely on his reader's ability to understand clasical references to understand his imagery. He makes it plain and simple so that everyone may read it and enjoy it. By so doing, he is "zinging" Eliot and Pound.
So when it is put into perspective, it actually makes sense! Amazing! Considering it makes no sense whatsoever on its own. Kudos, WCW, kudos!
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