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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
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