The Red Wheelbarrow Meaning

The red wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams is a short image poem that describes the scene of a red wheelbarrow after the rain next to some white chickens. This simple scene described in a few short lines paints such a big picture that can be taken in many different ways. Right off the back someone may see this poem just as it is and nothing else and another person may see that this picture has a deeper meaning and wonder what it is actually trying to portray. William Carlos Williams, who was born in 1883 on September 17, in Rutherford, New Jersey, is a man of many talents ranging from his background as a "Poet, playwright, essayist, novelist, and physician has always had a creative and imitative mind which made his work so great. He could even take something as simple as a note to his wife and make it a good work of work. (William Carlos Williams) These eight simple lines of the poem can mean so much more than what they say. It may provoke some deeper emotions from curiosity to complete understanding with little to go on. By breaking down the play into two sections one can understand

Taking the first line "so much depends" this phrase shows that whatever is being talked about has a very important role. That important role may apply to one or many things but in this case, it may apply to the wheelbarrow. This raises a question of what exactly is it that depends so much upon a wheelbarrow and the answer to that is question will be determined from the rest of the poem. The final two lines "beside the white / chickens" lets the reader know this wheelbarrow may be used on a farm which shows what is depending on the wheelbarrow and that might be a lard part of agriculture. A wheelbarrow is a tool that has made the hard task of moving heavy things easier and making things getting done in a timely fashion more