Directions: The following poem was written by William Carlos Williams in 1962. As you read it, create a mental picture. What can you see? smell? taste? touch? hear? Using this mental picture, answer the question that follows.
The Red Wheelbarrow
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens.
Decide in which of the following locations the poem is probably set.
a.
a large city
b.
a suburb
c.
a farm
d.
a factory