Thursday, June 22, 2017

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. 

    No comments:

    Post a Comment