Truth in Nudity

William Carlos Williams discusses truth in the poem, "Danse Russe". He discloses how he, being the man of his home is not free from societies bindings until no one is watching. Even his wife and children must be asleep, "my wife is sleeping/ and the baby and Kathleen/ are sleeping," he states that he is finally able to be naked (1-3). His transformation of feeling is present. First he discloses that he is lonely in song, "I am lonely, lonely./ I was born to be lonely./ I am best so!" (11-13). This internal reflection of his current state of feelings he freely exposes as something that must be. To Williams being lonely is his most suitable option. Then remarkably he is nude; facing the truth that is himself, and he is "the happy genius of [his] household"(18). This poem shows that facing the truth and coming to terms with life can be more comforting than hiding from one's self.