The Red Wheelbarrow - William Carlos Williams

so much depends
upon 

a red wheel
barrow 

glazed with rain
water 

beside the white
chickens.

The style of the poem was influenced from Williams’ acquaintances who were photographers; Alfred Stielglitz and Charles Sheeler.

• "The Red Wheelbarrow" is known as one of the finest examples of an imagist style poem. Imagist poems began appearing in the 20th century. The way he describes the wheelbarrow being “glazed with rain” gives you a clear image of it shining due to the rain on it. 

Fog - Carl Sandburg

The fog comes 
on little cat feet. 

It sits looking 
over harbor and city 
on silent haunches 
and then moves on.

• "Fog" was first presented as an assorment of poems in "Chicago Poems" by Carl Sandburg. In the poem “Fog”, there is a clear sign of the arrival of industry in the 20th century in Chicago; the line “over harbor and city” is simple, yet it gives the reader a solid image of what he’s talking about. 
• "Fog" was influenced by Japanese haikus, with its short, blunt lines and stanzas.
• "Fog" was also influenced by the imagism movement which appeared in the early 20th century.