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In “Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams he gives you a brief poem on a red wheel barrow and white chicken. It quickly states how the rain water was glazed on the wheel barrow beside the white chicken. Now this poem is short but it really makes you think of a lot. Williams does not give any more details on the scene he made out. The poem makes people ask why William did not give more details about the red wheel barrow. The clear images you can imagine after reading is the red wheel barrow, how the water was glazed on it, and the white chickens. The first couple lines set out a tone for the rest of the poem. Notice how in the third line they put wheel barrow. “A red wheel barrow” (Williams 563). William Carlos put them on different lines

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