The Parable of the Blind- william carlos williams

          Something is slightly off about this poem. I'm not sure if I like the fact that the poet spells out that he is talking about a painting. I think that it may have been better if more was left to the reader's imagination/interpretation. I do, however, love these lines:

"the faces are raised
as toward the light
there is no detail extraneous

to the composition one
follows the others stick in
hand triumphant to disaster"

          I would also argue that the insight is also in these lines. My only real issue is that for such a complicated and emotional subject, he leaves the emotion completely out of it and uses very simple language and concepts. I think that the insight could have been pushed even further and using more emotion in the beginning of the poem could also do the poem some good.