Guilt In This Is Just To Say By William Williams

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Being Guilty is to feel responsible for a specified wrongdoing. You can feel guilty if you did an action that would be irresponsible. Sometimes people can just ignore their guilt and move on, but others can obsess over it. In the poem “This Is Just to Say” the speaker felt guilty and wanted forgiveness. He apologized by making this poem.
“This Is Just to Say” by William Williams is about someone that eats some plums and feels guilty about the eating the plums. The author describes how the plums were probably saved for breakfast, and then went on to describe what the plums tasted like. The theme is that the narrator knew what he was doing, but did it anyway. The narrator is trying to find the right words to say for eating the plums.
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