Poem Response



Jonathan Velasquez 
IB Lit & Performance
Ms. Guarino
Due: October 25, 2019

The Red Wheelbarrow Analysis 

The Red Wheelbarrow is a poem written by William Carlos Williams. The poem originated from a book called Spring of All, which came out in 1923. My first impression of the poem was very confusing. I had just briefly read the poem, so it didn’t make much sense to me. Even though I found the poem confusing, I was interested in what it really meant because the way the poet visualized what he or she saw of the red wheelbarrow. For example, when the poet said “ glazed with rain “, I could really visualize what the poet was seeing.  

One thing I realized after reading the poem over and over again, going into more depth, was that from my perspective I think the poet is looking at the red wheelbarrow in a farm. I got this kind of perspective because of the way the poet describe what the red wheelbarrow was around. The poet says, “ beside the white chickens”. It made me think that maybe the poet was at a farm, and he saw the red wheelbarrow that he was so interested in, that he had to write a poem about its amazing features.
Something that I personally found very interesting in the poem, was the way the poet described the red wheelbarrow. It wasn’t very detailed, but the word choice made me want to visualize what the poet was seeing. I feel like the word choice plays a big part in writing a poem. Especially describing something in it. And I feel like the poet did a great job with it. I have a few questions I would like to ask the poet; starting with what made you want to write a poem about something so vague? Another question I had was if there was a personal meaning to the red wheelbarrow that made you want to write the poem? I had one really good question that made me think so much, and it also was the reason why I was so confused. Why did you stop the poem with “beside the white chickens” ? Was there a method to you writing the poem, that made you make that choice. It confused me, and I feel like it would confuse a lot of readers, which is something I am not fond of. My last question for the poet was if you could change anything about the poem, what would you take away or add on?

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Act lll Scene l Notes

- Asagai comes to help pack with Beneatha at home. When they are packing Beneatha brings up the reason why she wants to become a doctor. - She wanted to become a doctor because when she was little, her friend busted his head open, but the next day she saw him, he was perfectly fine. She wants to help others juristically. - Beneatha starts debating on her dreams in becoming a doctor because she doesn't have the same desire of helping people that much. - Asagai talks about how he plans to move back to Africa to make positive changes for the community. He offers Beneatha to come, however, he leaves while she thinks over the choice. - Mr. Linder will not let the Younger family move to Clybourne Park because of their race. Since they are all so agitated, Walter Lee starts mimicking how a black servant talked in that time. He keeps going until he is so fed up that he leaves. Mama is surprised and Beneatha wants to disown Walter Lee as her brother. Mom helps change her perspective...
Read more

Act ll Scene lll

- The scene starts off the following Saturday, and this is the day that the Younger family moved into their new home in Clybourne Park. - Ruth is in a good mood because they are moving and she says that she wants to take a hot bath and then talk to Beneatha about her night out with Walter Lee the night before. - When Walter Lee enters the house he puts on a record/disc, and he proceeds by dancing with Ruth. While they are dancing, a white man appears to the door asking for Mama, but she wasn't home. He was a quiet, middle-aged man. - The white man proceeds to introduce himself. His name is Karl Linder and he is from the Clybourne Park Improvement Association. He then implies that the neighborhood, which was full of white people were "hardworking, but not racist". He then says that the neighborhood feels that "negros" would be happier in a neighborhood that consist of their own people. - Mr. Linder tells Walter that he will buy the house now before they m...
Read more

act 1 scene 2 notes

- On that Saturday morning, the whole family starts to clean up the house. - Walter gets a call from his friend, Willy Harris, who is trying to help Walter get the liquor store started. All he needs is the insurance check that his father gave to his mother.  - Beneatha is using a spray gun to get rid of cockroaches in the house. Travis doesn't like it, so they start arguring, and Beneatha threatens Travis by pointing the spray gun towards Travis. - Beneatha gets a call from a friend that goes to school with her. The man is African, and mama tends to feel that Africans are not religious enough for her likeness. Beneatha disagrees and gives the African man an excuse for that (politically). - Ruth goes to the doctor, and she told her that she was two months pregnant. Ruth believes that the child will be girl, however, mama says that the family doctor is a man, so she gets the feeling of suspicion. Then Ruth starts to feel sick again, nut mama helps her relax.  ...
Read more