Anecdote of the Jar
Wallace Stevens * Track #9 On Pecksniffiana
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Anecdote of the Jar by Wallace Stevens
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Written in 1918 and published in 1919, “Anecdote of the Jar” is said to be based on the “Dominion Wide Mouth Jar” pictured here:
The poem concerns the relationship between man and nature, man being represented by the jar. It speaks of the dependencies they each have on one another as well as their...
Anecdote of the Jar Annotated
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 every where.
The jar was gray and bare.
It did not give of bird or bush,
Like nothing else in Tennessee.
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When did Wallace Stevens release Anecdote of the Jar?
Wallace Stevens released Anecdote of the Jar on Wed Oct 01 1919.