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“The Red Wheelbarrow” is a short poem that first appeared untitled in William Carlos Williams’s 1923 collection, Spring and All
. Not only did the poem become Williams’s most famous work, but to this day it remains something of a poster child for the Imagist movement. Along with other modernist figures like Ezra Pound and H.D., Williams rejected the ostentatious ornamentation of Victorian poetry. In its stead, these poets innovated a new kind of verse that emphasized economy of language and directness of presentation—all to focus attention on a single, indelible image.Read a summary & analysis, an analysis of the speaker, and an exploration of the structure of “The Red Wheelbarrow.”
