E NG L I S H 3 A S S I G NM E NT 5 . 0 5

BY:A US T I N P ETT Y

The fog comeson little cat feet

It sits lookingover harbor and cityon silent haunchesand then moves on

TH E FO GBY: C A R L S A ND BU R G

• The fog was published with the group of poems known as the Chicago poems. These poems were published recently after a new magazine, Poetry: a magazine of verse, was published. This created an influx of poets in the Chicago area

• At this time cities were rapidly expanding, similar to the way that fog can rapidly roll over a town.

• Additionally the factories from the industrial revolution produced fog like pollution.

So much dependsupon

a red wheelbarrow

glazed with rainwater

beside the whitechickens

THE RED WH EELBARR OWBY: W I LL I A M CA R LO S W ILL IA M S

• The Red Wheelbarrow is a great example of the imagist style. The poem describes an exact visual image that makes a poetic statement.

• Also, similar to many other poems in the imagist movement, this poem uses free verse.

• It also portrays the simplistic life in rural areas that were slowly disappearing as the industrial revolution took over America.