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The Red Wheelbarrow
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The Red Wheelbarrow
By: William Carlos Williams
Question 6:
Reread this poem without the opening stanza. How does the first stanza change your understanding of this poem?
Without the first stanza this poem does not make the wheelbarrow or anything seem as important.
William Carlos Williams
Meaning
- Born September 17, 1883 in Rutherford, New Jersey
- At age 14 he was sent to the Lycée Condorcet in Paris.
- Graduated from the university of Pennsylvania.
- Married Florence Herman
- Primary occupation was a doctor but was also a successful poet.
- His writing is praised for clear and strong images.
- Won Pulitzer prize in 1963.
- Died March 4, 1963 at age 79.
- This wheelbarrow seems very special in the speaker's eyes.
- The wheelbarrow resembles harmony between a man made object, that could also symbolize us, and nature.
- The wheelbarrow seems to be part of nature and is kept company by the chickens, clean from the rain.
About the Poem
Literary Structure
Thematic Ideas
Tone/Mood
- Perseverance: Wheelbarrows have been tools used for ages and are still very useful today. This wheelbarrow has been left out in the rain but is cleaned by the rain.
- Duty: The wheelbarrow was designed a long time ago but is still in common use today.
- Man And Nature: The natural events and man made things are in harmony in this poem. Nature seems to care for the wheelbarrow when humans do not.
- The narrator tells of what he is viewing outside.
- He sees a wheel barrow glazed with rain water that is sitting near chickens.
- Speaker tells of importance in these items.
- The tone is very light, calm, and quiet.
- The mood seems to be again calm and even perfect.
Question C:
What visual contrast does the poem present?
There is a strong contrast between the red wheelbarrow and white chickens.
- Free Verse used to keep poem moving.
- By breaking up each couplet the first line seems to depend on the second one.
- The poet also broke up the words rainwater and wheel barrow.
- Breaking rain and water splits rain from what it actually is--water.
- Splitting wheel and barrow splits the tool into its two main compartments, the wheel and barrow.
Question 3:
What are some sensory details in this poem?
White Chickens-Sight,Sound,Touch
Red Wheelbarrow-Sight,Touch
Glazed with rain-Sight,touch.
Literary Devices
- Personification:Lines1-2 wheelbarrow is personified.
- Enjambment:Lines 3-4 splits wheel/barrow. Lines 5-6 Rain is split from water. Line 7 breaks apart white and chickens which places more importance and attention to the chickens.
- Imagery: Lines 3-4 red wheelbarrow.
- Assonance:Line 5 "glazed" and "rain" paint a picture of the shiny wheelbarrow. Line 6 "beside" and "white" allows momentum and movement.
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