Leslie Eigle Blog Post #10
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens
I think what Williams sees as he captures the moment of a dripping wet, red wheel barrow next to white chickens is a memory. The poem is structured as if he is trying to describe what he physically sees while thinking of a memory simultaneously. It’s similar to that of someone stopping in the middle of a sentence because something else has caught their attention. The memory may be positive, possibly a playful childhood moment, or it may be negatively associated with a bad day the poet experienced with the red wheel barrow and the chickens. So much of it depends on what Williams personally feels and thinks of while reading this poem, or seeing a wet, red wheel barrow, beside white chickens.
so much depends
upon
a dark blue soccer
bag
that wreaks of
sweat
and carries a pair of worn out
copas
which really smell of
victory