Sunday, September 7, 2014
week three- The Red Wheelbarrow (Williams)
I am discussing the simple and concise structural layout of this poem. The Red Wheelbarrow consists of 16 words, with 3 words in lines 1, 3, 5, and 7; and one word in lines 2, 4, 6 and 8. Because of the sudden line breaks and the small amount of words we as readers are given the challenge of deciphering the emphasis that is placed on each carefully picked word. Examining lines 3-4 we see wheel barrow is even broken up. Line 1 actually sets the mood for this poem because "so much depends upon" the line structure, the word choices and placement in this piece. Finally I think it is worthy to note that each set of lines (1 and 2) (3 and 4) (5 and 6) (7 and 8) mimic the visual appearance of an actual wheelbarrow larger in length at one end- narrowing down to one wheel on the other.
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Honestly, the unusual line breaks and the concise aspect to the poem were the only interesting parts for me. This poem was essentially bland in my opinion and I find it weird that people delve that deeply into this piece of literature which seems so esteemed. The sudden breaks were interesting, but the poem was too short for me to have the breaks be significant.
ReplyDeleteActually Marisa it should be Week 3--can you edit your title?
ReplyDeleteThis was a hard piece for a lot of us to decipher, but just like you I very much so found these line breaks very interesting. Its those line breaks which created a larger picture without putting too many words within the poem. This made it that much more significant.
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