Why+do+I+write+today?

Williams is trying to sway the reader to his “exact meaning.” When the speaker says “Why do I write today,” is suggesting that there is significant purpose for this poem. It is in fact a dedication to the “faces of our nonentities,” but he deliberately makes it known that his intent was to define the reality that he perceives as beautiful. Carla Billitteri conceived that Williams’s mechanical poetry is meant to reduce “distraction” in the event of fluctuating meaning (49). There is no distraction in this poetry. Williams’s language is direct, and visible.