Question

Modernist poetry explored the problems that arose from rapid urbanization and industrialization in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Which lines in this excerpt from "The Anecdote Jar" by Wallace Stevens reflect the themes of barrenness and emptiness of modern life?

1)The wilderness rose up to it

2)The jar was round upon the ground

3)It took dominion everywhere.

4)The jar was gray and bare.

5)It did not give of bird or bush

Answer 1

the jar was gray and bare

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer: 4) The jar was gray and bare.

It should be that the word gray represents barrenness and the word bare refers to emptiness as their literal interpretation. As used in the modernist poetry, the jar connotes modern life in the midst of hollowness.