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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 5 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In line 5, which word is used to describe the rainwater on the wheelbarrow?
2. What adjective is used to describe the chickens?
3. How are the lines of the poem arranged?
4. How many lines does "The Red Wheelbarrow" have?
5. According to line 7, where are the chickens located relative to the wheelbarrow?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the images presented in this poem?
2. Describe the poem's form.
3. What is the most reasonable interpretation of this poem's setting, and why?
4. Describe the diction of this poem.
5. What is the surface meaning of this poem?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Is there any real significance to the colors used in "The Red Wheelbarrow"? Consider the Objectivist nature of the poem. How does this philosophical stance make it unlikely that Williams consciously intended the colors to be symbolic? Can text have symbolic content even when an author does not intend it to? Write an essay that takes and defends a position on how Objectivism sheds light on both Williams's intended use of the colors red and white and their effect on the reader. Support your argument with evidence drawn from the poem, and be sure to cite any quoted evidence and outside sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 2
William Carlos Williams once said that a poem is a "machine made of words." Do some research into what he meant by this and then explain how this philosophy is clear in his construction of "The Red Wheelbarrow." Explain Williams' meaning and then use the structure of this poem and the effect this structure has on the reader as evidence for the poem as a "machine made of words." Be sure that you cite any evidence drawn from outside sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
How does the juxtaposition of the wheelbarrow, the rainwater, and the chickens create meaning in "The Red Wheelbarrow"? Write an essay that takes and defends a position about the meaning of the combination of these three images. Support your argument with evidence drawn from the poem, and be sure to cite any quoted evidence in MLA format.
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