New Criticism Texts - "The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams (1923)

Okay, "The Red Wheelbarrow" is super short, but that can make it all the more difficult to analyze. When you've only got 16 words, a lot depends on each one.

Speaking of "depending" on things, what does Williams's line "So much depends" mean in the context of the poem? Exactly what we've written in the first paragraph here, maybe?

Plus, how does the poem use enjambment? Which words stand out with the line breaks? (Why in the world would WCW split "wheel" and "barrow" across two lines, you know?)

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