Date Response To The Red Wheelbarrow By William Carlos Williams
Date Response to “The Red Wheelbarrow”
The Red Wheelbarrow is the short poem written by William Carlos Williams. It consists of a one sentence divided into four stanzas with the same structure. Each stanza has two lines with three words in the first and one word in the second one. The poem is an example of a blank or a free verse; it does not have any noticeable rhyme or rhythm. It was told in third person; readers do not get any information about the narrator, like the age or relation to the described scene. There are only suggestions the author has some connections with it, as he knows many things depend upon the wheelbarrow.
The poem has three images of physical objects or events: the wheelbarrow, rainwater and chickens. The name and content
of the poem makes the wheelbarrow the central aspect of the work. All images are focused on this object, as the first stanza highlights its importance, and other describes its appearance and disposition. Each stanza (except the first) ends up with the noun that names an image. It makes reader to focus attention on these objects.
The author did not use any punctuation marks except the dot at the end. It helps to combine images in one picture, but makes poem look like a sentence taken from another work. This feeling is supported by the absence of capital letters. It affects reader’s perception of the poem’s point. Author’s likely goal was to describe a static scene; he does not include any noticeable morale or emotional appeal. While Williams mentioned the importance of the wheelbarrow in the first stanza, the topic was not developed; readers do not know what happens with the wheelbarrow, except it was glazed with the rain, or how it interacts with other elements of the scene. The poem creates a feeling of the incompleteness.
The Red Wheelbarrow is the short poem written by William Carlos Williams. It consists of a one sentence divided into four stanzas with the same structure. Each stanza has two lines with three words in the first and one word in the second one. The poem is an example of a blank or a free verse; it does not have any noticeable rhyme or rhythm. It was told in third person; readers do not get any information about the narrator, like the age or relation to the described scene. There are only suggestions the author has some connections with it, as he knows many things depend upon the wheelbarrow.
The poem has three images of physical objects or events: the wheelbarrow, rainwater and chickens. The name and content
of the poem makes the wheelbarrow the central aspect of the work. All images are focused on this object, as the first stanza highlights its importance, and other describes its appearance and disposition. Each stanza (except the first) ends up with the noun that names an image. It makes reader to focus attention on these objects.
The author did not use any punctuation marks except the dot at the end. It helps to combine images in one picture, but makes poem look like a sentence taken from another work. This feeling is supported by the absence of capital letters. It affects reader’s perception of the poem’s point. Author’s likely goal was to describe a static scene; he does not include any noticeable morale or emotional appeal. While Williams mentioned the importance of the wheelbarrow in the first stanza, the topic was not developed; readers do not know what happens with the wheelbarrow, except it was glazed with the rain, or how it interacts with other elements of the scene. The poem creates a feeling of the incompleteness.