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William Carlos Williams 'The Red Wheelbarrow'
I think that the other theme of William Carlos Williams’ poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” is hope because in the poem it states, “so much depends upon a red wheel barrow” (William’s 309). The red wheel barrow is used to represent the blood of life and the white chicken or the sick little girl is depending on blood in order to survive. The little girl is hoping that she will be able to get better because in order to survive you need to have water and blood in your body.
The poem “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg seems to be about the city of Chicago and the poem opens up with list of names that he associates Chicago with by calling it “Hog Butcher for the World, /Tool Maker” (Sandburg 279). Then poem goes on to explain what life is like in Chicago and
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