The first poem I chose to look at (and bare with me, I chose an easy one because I am new to this) was "This Is Just to Say" (William Carlos Williams, Intro to Poetry 51). This is a simple poem, which plainly states that the man has eaten all of the plums in the icebox that someone was saving. This was written as a simple apology for what he has done. There is a not a lot of depth to this poem, just a simple statement. This is different than "The Broken Maid," which we have read in class, because that poem subtly hints towards the Maid becoming a prostitute, without actually saying it. Also it hints towards a variety of other things, such as the person trying to warm her subconscious past, trying to justify what she has done, or simply warning someone else. In 'This Is Just to Say,' there are no layers like those. These poems appear similar, but are actually opposites.