Analysis Of Red Wheelbarrow

The four, two line stanza poem, Red Wheelbarrow, is short and to the point. It represents lyric poetry with visual images. The story gives a picture of a red wheelbarrow sitting next to white chickens while it’s raining or after it has stopped raining. Just like a picture paints a thousand words, imagery is what poets use to create a mental picture. It is visually putting together words and the reader's thoughts to draw imagination (Bethel University, 2017). The author uses the phrase ‘so much depends’ because the red wheelbarrow is the key to the poem. Everything revolves around this cart. It is the key element to painting the picture. The word “depends,” according to the Shmoop editorial team (2008), represents a special wheelbarrow. The