"XXII [The Red Wheelbarrow]"
By William Carlos Williams

Transcription, editorial commentary, and markup by Students and Staff at the University of Virginia, Andrew Rivard Hill, Tonya Howe
     

Sources

Paris : Contact Publishing Company, 1923The poem entitled the "Red Wheelbarrow" appears on p. 74. Interestingly, it has no title. Instead, it is numbered XXII. Page images have been sourced from the first edition, housed in the Special Collections at The University of Virginia. The first edition was printed in a small run of 300 copies by Maurice Darantiere, a well-known modernist printer, at his press in Dijon.

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Citation

Williams, William Carlos. "XXII [The Red Wheelbarrow]". Spring and All, Contact Publishing Company, 1923 , p 74 . Literature in Context: An Open Anthology. http://anthology.lib.virginia.edu/work/Williams/williams_wheelbarrow. Accessed: 2024-04-27T11:09:12.063Z

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[TP] Spring and All
74 XXII [The Red Wheelbarrow] 1so much depends 2upon 3a red wheel 4barrow 5glazed with rain 6water 7beside the white 8chickens

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