Question

Which idea is expressed in this excert from "Anecdote of the Jar" by Wallance Stevens?

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

A,Human positvely contribute to nature by placing the jar on the hill,
B,The jar. when placed on the hill. completes nature;s balance,
C, Nature is not able to fourish because the jar is on the hill,
D,The jar is the main reason for nature's richness and well-being

Answer 1

Which idea is expressed in this excert from "Anecdote of the Jar" by Wallance Stevens?

C.Nature is not able to fourish because the jar is on the hill

Answer 2

Taking the whole poem into account, I think the correct answer must be C.

The jar is a small, common, impersonal object, but in Stevens' view, it affects the nature, depriving it of its inherent wilderness. Although it is one of a thousand, it still has the power and dominion over nature. Its meaningless existence leaves a negative trail in this world. If the jar was regarded as faceless a person living in a highly commercialized, industrialized world, and the nature as freedom, the parallel would be all the more effective.