William Carlos Williams, The Red Wheelbarrow
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William Carlos Williams
The Red Wheelbarrow (Literature To Go, p. 513)
Listen to “The Red Wheelbarrow,” read by William Carlos Williams.
Copyright © 1938 by New Directions Publishing Corp. From Collected Poems, Volume 1: 1909-1939. Used by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp. The recording is part of the Library of Congress Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.
Considerations for Critical Thinking and Writing
first response. What “depends upon” the things mentioned in the poem? What is the effect of these images? Do they have a particular meaning?
Do these lines have any kind of rhythm?
How does this poem resemble a haiku? How is it different?