On The Desolate field

In the poem The Desolate Field, Williams contrasts his point of view with others to

question the existence of greater forces. This poem was written in 1921, when World War I

settled two years ago, and he captured a scene where the field was desolated, and the vast sky

was gray. In other words, the field was empty. In further description, he mentioned that a

goat was searching the ground, while he, Williams, was looking up to the sky, into the

emptiness. He lastly questions his purpose in life, and the proof of greater force, god, beliefs,

etc. In the poem he writes, Vast and gray, the sky/ is a simulacrum/ to all but him whose

days/ are vast and gray, and (1-4). Basically, he is contrasting his point of view with

others in the beginning lines. Williams also mentioned, a goat stirs /with nozzle searching

the ground. / my head is in the air. He then leaves a question, but who am I? (9).

Finally, he said, And amazed my heart leaps/ at the thought of love/ vast and gray/ yearning

silently over me. (10-14). In the first few lines, he said that the sky was an effigy to

everyone; their days were fine but him. As he looks up into the sky he noticed that he is

looking at emptiness, searching for nothing. Meanwhile, he is also telling that the goat

searching the ground reflects the people who havent realized that god, common beliefs, were

an illusion, because the goat is still uselessly searching for nothing. In contrast, the narrator

does notice that theres nothing up there other than gray skies, just as theres nothing in the

ground. He is questioning that is love a force that is greater than him, god, spirits, things we

cannot touch, so he tells us, was it all real? These abstract things cant be proven, because

there is no existence of it, god never made us, god was never there in the first place.

Therefore, making him question, if there were no god, then who am I? What was his

purpose?