"The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams is one of his shortest poems, according to Nina Baym, that was published in his volume of poems entitled Spring and All (Baym 1221-22). Although the poem is very short compared to some of his other works, it has a lot to talk about such as structure, imagery, style, and other important aspects that we look at when we analyze a poem. With Carlos' contradicting style in this …
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…a certain effect and he achieved his goal. If he would of written this poem in a different style, perhaps just two lines or one continuous line he would not have gotten the effect of random thoughts by the farmer. Also if he did this, his whole structure would of changed and he would have had to really change the whole poem around to get the contradiction effect that I think he was aiming for.