...The Red Wheelbarrow so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens. -- William Carlos Williams (1923) To Paint a Picture Just as the opening line of William Carlos William’s 1923 poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” reads, “So much depends.” So much depends on the reader’s interpretation of this poem. How was the author intending his work to be read? One can argue that Williams wished his audience to paint a mental picture of the poem, and then draw their own conclusions based on the imagery contained therein. The poem, consisting of only sixteen words, follows a basic metrical structure. It consists of eight lines, which are broken into four verses. Each verse consists of a dimeter, followed by a monometer. At first reading, the student may want to read the two lines of each verse together as one. Reading the poem in this fashion does not bring attention to its individual parts. The student should focus on the lineation of the poem while reading it, and follow the metrical structure that is laid out. By slowing down and taking in the poem on line at a time, the reader will more easily be able to paint a mental picture of the poem. This seems to have been how the author intended the poem to be read. The imagery of “The Red Wheelbarrow” can be compared to that of a classic painting. The painting is easy on the eyes, nice to look at. If the viewer can picture himself inside the canvas setting, he may be able to...
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...As literature evolved over time, different styles of writing emerged in response to societal changes that occurred in each individual writer’s lifetime. One style of writing that emerged in the early 1900’s was described as Imagism. This style of writing is in which a writer writes in a specific way that evokes an image within the audience’s minds. Two writers from this time period that wrote in the imagism style were William Carlos Williams and Ezra Pound. Williams became known for his imagism works such as “The Red Wheelbarrow” and “This is Just to Say,” both of which are forms of imagism but in far different ways. A work that stood out from the imagism works was “In a Station of the Metro,” by Ezra pound which is a simplistic poems with a deep meaning behind it. These three works describe the many differences and similarities that imagism writing style encompass....
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...communicate a deeper meaning or might use distinctions of the same object to produce a mood or feeling. Nothing Gold Can Stay, written by Robert frost in the year 1923, uses color imagery. The title of the poem is a metaphor where the gold represents value and wealth so when it says nothing gold can stay it means that nothing that is precious or of great value in the materialistic way can last forever. Gold symbolizes materialism it will not last for long and it gives an untrue happiness. Gold and other things such as, money can take years to accumulate but can be depleted in an instant. On the other hand, things having emotion and sentimental values cannot be bought with money and therefore will remain with us throughout our life. Frost says “nature’s first green is gold” he compares the color of nature “green’ with something that can be bought; gold. He is trying to portray that nature’s first bounty is green that it is just as valuable as gold. Green can represent nature, the environment, good luck, youth, vigor, jealousy, envy, and misfortune. Green can be regarded as the color of eternal life. Gold is also associated with royalty. It represents the color of the heavens. Gold in this poem refers to COLOR IMAGERY IN POEMS 3 youth, beauty and...
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...Williams’ Meaning of the New World Williams Carlos Williams describes how a major event has shaped America in each chapter of In the American Grain. In each event, Williams refers to the “New World” but never clearly states what the New World is. Williams gives the readers an opportunity to stir up their imagination and decide the meaning of the New World on their own. With the knowledge received from previous chapters, it is safe to argue that the “American Grain” is the seed planted by early settlers that created the characteristics of the New World. Williams points out similar occurrences during different parts of history that originated in the “grain”. These reoccurrences are initiating from one simple word, fear. Although in most chapters Williams uses the specific words “New World”, in the chapter “Jacataqua” he only references to it by describing events that influenced what the New World developed into. “Jacataqua” is the most obvious description of the American character, which is driven by fear, leaving the “New World” to be a symbol of America’s terror. Williams quotes another source “The United States… has given more of material help to Europe and to the world in the last ten years in time of need, than have all other nations of the world put together in the entire history” (Williams 174). But Williams argues that even though America is seeking to be helpful, it is still the wealth that is the priority, and wealth is the product of fear. Because of this fear, America...
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...proceeding. In the two poems, “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost and “Spring and All” by William Carlos Williams, color imagery plays a big role in describing the scene. “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Browning is a poem about nature and how everything is so beautiful at first, but it then becomes subsides and isn’t as wonderful. “Nature’s first green is gold”, this could refer to the sunrise in the morning (499). This reminds me of all the gorgeous hues of a sunrise and how the sky and everything the sun hits seems golden. It could also be referring to seasonal changes. When spring is around, all the flowers and sunlight look amazing, but when the flowers start turning into leaves and falling off, it is a little upsetting to look at. “So dawn goes down to day”, this gives me the sense that Frost is talking about the early mornings (499). Watching dawn turn into day is disappointing, especially when you get to see all the natural colors coming from dawn and then it just turns into another plain day. The last line “Nothing gold can stay” can refer to many things (499). Frost left this last line to the reader to create an image in his or her own head. This could have the reader picturing that the sunrise can’t last forever. It also allows the reader to think about other things that can’t stay forever. I feel as though frost uses the term gold in this sentence to refer to anything good. This could mean...
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...The Meaning of Guilt William Carlos Williams was born on September 17, 1883 and died on March 4, 1963 (Rosenthalm); he was a great American Poet. Williams was mainly associated with modernism and imagism, and he was a wonderful mentor to other young poets. Williams wrote many poems such as, “The Red Wheelbarrow,” “Spring And All,” “The Dance,” and “This Is Just to Say” (Rosenthalm). Aside from being a poet, he was also a well-known doctor where he “studied at the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine” (Rosenthalm). Upon graduating from Medical School, Williams delivered over 3,000 babies. Although he was a doctor, his primary focus was on writing. After analyzing Williams’ works, one will see that within his works there are different messages and various interpretations that come along with them. His poem, “This Is Just to Say,” will show the different interpretations that one could gather from this poem, but still get the same meaning from it: guilt. This is a very simple poem. While reading “This is Just to Say,” it would appear that this poem was only about a man who ate his wife’s fruit and then proceeds to apologize for it. The fact that he was a doctor clearly shows he was a very smart and clever man to create such an easy interpretation. After reading this poem the first time and analyzing the content of it, one would assume the meaning is as simple as saying “I’m sorry,” because one knows he is in the wrong. Williams would not just write a poem about eating...
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...William Carlos Williams’ poem The Red Wheelbarrow is a very meaningful poem. Since Williams only wrote it with 16 words, it is a poem that is looked passed for its size. The way that Williams arranges those 16 words though, is the reason why it is extremely powerful. The Red Wheelbarrow is filled with images and ideas that made it very easy to visualize. After reading the poem a couple of times, my first thought was to write about perfection. The second and third lines of the poem gave me the idea that the “the red wheelbarrow glazed with rain” signifies a large amount of water. With a large amount of water, there is no need to worry about dry crops on a farm. The “white chickens” in the fourth line also portray perfection because chickens are expected to lay perfect eggs. The first line of the poem took a while to decode the images. When the poem says, “so much depends upon a red wheelbarrow” it struck me that a wheelbarrow is a very popular tool in farming. A wheelbarrow is used for transporting all sorts of things on the farm. The poem itself could also be a form of imagery. The structure of the poem and the stanzas, in my eyes, are shaped like wheelbarrows. Williams is a poet who doesn’t have to try very hard to paint a picture in somebody’s mind. My second thought about the meaning of the poem was that it was a metaphor for appreciating the little things in life. I feel as if Williams is trying to say that the little things matter in life just...
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...Allusions in A Midsummer Night’s Dream Carlos Fuentes wrote “There is no creation without tradition; the 'new' is an inflection on a preceding form; novelty is always a variation on the past” (Myself with Others: Selected Essays). Judging from William Shakespeare’s own extensive use of allusions, he would agree with Carlos Fuentes. William Shakespeare was an English Renaissance author of many timeless pieces, including A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a tale of how love, (whether it be true love or the misuse of love potions,) blurs the fine line between dreams and reality. In the preceding literary piece, and many more of his unlisted works, William Shakespeare used allusions. Literary allusions are “implied or indirect references to a person, event, or thing, or to a part of another text” (Encyclopedia Britannica). William Shakespeare, author of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, used allusions to reinforce the intended persona of his characters. As revealed earlier, Shakespeare used allusions to better the character development in his writing. This was made very self-evident when it came to Hermia’s character in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Hermia...
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...capture the concept of content and form and how it influences what we see as art are: “The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams and “l(a” by E.E. Cummings. Williams’s poem really captures the essence of how simple the content can be but at the same time, captures the essence of how meaningful simple content can be. Simple content, written by Williams, refers to content that is about quotidian things or objects in our everyday lives. In the case of this poem, the quotidian object is the wheelbarrow. This shows that anything can be art. In Cummings’s...
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...object in both “This Is Just To Say” and “To a Poor Old Woman” by William Carlos Williams brings great joy to ones within the poem. Both of these poems share many similarities, consisting of similar subjects, tones, themes and imagery. “This Is Just To Say” is a short poem in words, but endless in interpretation. The imagery within this poem is so vivid. As one reads the poem, one’s mind gets flooded with images the words of the poem provide. Vivid pictures of a kitchen, an icebox, and purple plums fill one's mind. The words give the reader a chance to bring the scene to life. One of the subjects in this poem are the plums. The plums were so irresistible, that they tempted the man in the poem to steal and eat them from someone he loved. Eating the plums caused him to have serious guilt, leaving one to infer that whomever he ate them from valued the plums....
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...ever written This is a shocking title to start out a book review. As you can see in the title, you should expect a horrible comprehensive review about this book. I should say how boring, bland, repetitive, and tedious the writhing is. However I am actually going to do the opposite because to me this book exemplifies how “Nasty” the author wrote this book and how every writer should take these principles in there writing. The book review will cover why the author is so “nasty” in this writing as well showing the main concepts in the book. These are principles and guide lines that is essential that most writers should take on when reading writing down the bones by Natalie Goldberg. The first question that comes when starting writing this book review is what do I mean by “nasty”? At first, I thought it just a really good head title to grab the reader attention but in all honesty, it more than just that. The term ‘nasty’ is a conation that I use to describe how ridicules, and astonish, something is. In this case I can honestly say “This is the nastiest writing I ever read when it come to improving in writing.” Natalie explain concepts like writing exercise that can improve your writing as well as disciplining yourself as writer to write what you need to write down to paper and idea on doing son . Though out thought the book she quotes William carlos. One line from him that stood out form the book was ‘write what is in front of your nose”. This was an important quote...
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...of |1. Direct treatment of 'thing' whether subjective or objective. | |Genres, Elements of Literature |expression. |2. To use absolutely no word that does not contribute to the | |Authors |—Avant-garde, innovative |presentation. | |Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, and T. S. Eliot |—Frost's "old-fashioned way to be new" |3. As regarding rhythm: to compose in the sequence of the musical | |Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams |—Pound's "making it new" |phrase, not in sequence of a metronome. | |Langston Hughes |Disconnected with the past, and disconcerted about...
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...A friendly desert community where the sun is hot, the moon is beautiful, and mysterious lights pass overhead while we all pretend to sleep. Welcome to Night Vale. Hello listeners. To start things off I've been asked to read this brief notice: the city council announces the opening of a new dog park at the corner of Earl and Summerset near the Ralph's. They would like to remind everyone that dogs are not allowed in the dog park. People are not allowed in the dog park. It is possible you will see hooded figures in the dog park. Do not approach them. Do not approach the dog park. The fence is electrified and highly dangerous. Try not to look at the dog park, and especially do not look for any period of time at the hooded figures. The dog park will not harm you. And now the news. Old Woman Josie out near the car lot says the angels revealed themselves to her; said they were ten feet tall, radiant, and one of them was black; said they helped her with various...
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...BUS 415 Final Guide – 2 Sets To Buy This material Click below link http://www.uoptutors.com/BUS-415/BUS-415-Final-Guide Set 1 1) The doctrine of stare decisis concerns A. staring at the facts of a case for a long time to make sure the correct decision is made. B. making sure to do adequate research before making a legal decision C. following precedents so that legal principles announced in a case are used to determine later cases D. using constitutional law to render a decision 2) The form of alternative dispute resolution wherein the parties hire someone to review the evidence and make a decision that is binding upon the parties is called A. arbitration B. settlement conference C. negotiation D. conciliation 3) A corporation is considered a citizen of what state? A. The state where the president of the corporation lives B. It is not a citizen because it is a business C. The state where the majority of the employees live D. The state where it filed its Articles of Incorporation 4) Which of the following statements is true regarding the relationship of law and ethics? A. Depending on the circumstances, the law can require a higher, lower, or the same standard of conduct as ethics demands. B. The legal requirements will almost always be the same as the ethical requirement because the law is based on ethical standards. C. In some cases, ethics will require a higher standard of conduct than the law, but never vice versa. D. In some cases, the law will require...
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..." With the whole "Unity" idea, Crane is taking a cue from Walt Whitman, the great 19th-century American poet whose "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" was a direct influence on The Bridge. For Crane, as for Whitman, Brooklyn Bridge is a symbol of a manmade structure that can join together the fractured parts of society. The Brooklyn Bridge was finished in 1883. At that time, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world, an architectural and engineering marvel. For Crane, the bridge provides a symbol for the possibility of redeeming the modern world from the chains of money and commerce. Published in 1930, The Bridge was panned by many for being too darned difficult and wordy. We'll say it straight up: this poem, like much of Crane's work, is incredibly difficult in the sense of, "What the heck is this guy even talking about?" But the payoff is worth it, because Crane is such a master of language that you'll be carried away by the emotion and musicality of the poem even when you're scratching your head. (Don't worry – Shmoop is here to keep your head-scratchings to a minimum.) Because of the difficulty, ambition, themes, and wordplay in his poems, Crane is considered a "modernist" poet. "Modernist" is kind of a vague label, but it generally...
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