Talk:The Red Wheelbarrow

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[edit] Background to this poem...

...I recall reading somewhere years ago that the real inspiration and background to this piece is that Dr. Williams was attending to a patient at the house where he observed the red wheelbarrow, white chickens, etc. The patient was a gravely ill young child, and having this knowledge gives the poem more depth than its surface meaning alone provides--although the poem is enjoyable with or without the knowledge of what prompted it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jnpoet (talk • contribs) 9 July 2006.

I remember my teacher talking about the colors of the poem, red for the wheelbarrow, white for the chickens and blue for the water (although water has no color, we associate it with blue), these are the colors of the american flag. Also there is a very inspiring essay right after this poem that throws out meaning side by side to this poem. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.203.67.113 (talk • contribs) 26 September 2006.

Is that reference to a horse's BRC supposed to be there or is that someone's idea of a joke? (If serious, it needs an apostrophe.) Myself, I always thought this poem was in the form of a medieval-style kenning riddle, the answer being "tongue in mouth surrounded by teeth". Asat 08:58, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

"The Red Wheelbarrow" skit on youtube by Bennetteam is the greatest thing ever and accurately portrays the background behind the poem. Visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq7KHq-PZPI