In your own mind, is this really poetry, or is it, perhaps, sort of a joke on the part of a poet? What makes it poetic? What prevents it from being poetic? If you read it using some of the tips and techniques in this module, what do you come up with?

A Poem A Day:: Day 258: The Red Wheelbarrow
This is a good one for starting a section on poetry. Read the following poem by William Carlos Williams:

“The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams

so much depends

upon

a red wheel

barrow

glazed with rain

water

beside the white

chickens

In your own mind, is this really poetry, or is it, perhaps, sort of a joke on the part of a poet? What makes it poetic? What prevents it from being poetic? If you read it using some of the tips and techniques in this module, what do you come up with?

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