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

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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Janiya Bryan

25 November, 16:29

Select the correct text in the passage.

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

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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Evelin Herman · Answer 1

The two lines in the excerpt above from "The Anecdote Jar" by Wallace Stevens that reflect the themes of barrenness and emptiness of modern life is "It did not give of bird or bush.

Explanation:

Like nothing else in Tennessee. This poem raises many questions for the modern life to be empty and bare which arose from rapid urbanization and industrialization in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The feeling and the miserable modern life is explained through the voice of jar.

Barton · Answer 2

The wilderness rose up to it. The expression "rose up" it's an indication tha something just begin

It took dominion everywhere. This expression is to say that something has no control anymore.