Anecdote Of The Jar - A poem by Wallace Stevens


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Wallace Stevens - Anecdote Of The Jar

I placed a jar in Tennessee,
And round it was, upon a hill.
It made the slovenly wilderness
Surround that hill.

The wilderness rose up to it,
And sprawled around, no longer wild.
The jar was round upon the ground
And tall and of a port in air.

It took dominion everywhere.
The jar was gray and bare.
It did not give of bird or bush,
Like nothing else in Tennessee.

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Poet: Wallace Stevens Poem: Anecdote Of The Jar Comment 5 of 5, added on May 15th, 2012 at 3:05 PM. Art orders nature Dave from United States Comment 4 of 5, added on April 7th, 2011 at 5:59 PM. Pun in "Anecdote of the Jar"? Could the line, "And tall and of a port in air." be a pun--a play on the words "of important air" as in haughty? ... perhaps a reference to the dialect of Appalachia? Deepbluekat from United States Comment 3 of 5, added on October 19th, 2009 at 3:52 PM. It seems to me that the poet refers to civilization.The jar's getting ride of its small and surrounded place stans for the growing of civilization little by little. ABDERRAHIM from Morocco More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Anecdote Of The Jar, has received 5 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

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Poet: Wallace Stevens Poem: Anecdote Of The Jar Last read: 2013-05-23 07:37:26 Viewed 37230 times. Added Feb 20 2003.

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