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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. Which of the following describes the rhythm of the poem?
3. How are the lines of the poem arranged?
4. According to the poem, what "depends" on the red wheelbarrow?
5. How many lines does "The Red Wheelbarrow" have?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the most reasonable interpretation of this poem's setting, and why?
2. What are the images presented in this poem?
3. Describe the poem's form.
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
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.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Read William Carlos Williams's poem "Between Walls." Write an essay that compares and contrasts the way Williams uses enjambment in this poem with the way he uses it in "The Red Wheelbarrow." Use both quoted and paraphrased evidence from both poems to support your claims, and be sure to cite your evidence in MLA format.
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