1. The most appealing critical approach to me is the deconstructionist approach. while it takes into account that the reader is not separate from the piece he is reading, it also observes that words are abstractions that cannot properly convey meaning, or experience. while I do not agree that "every utterance contains a lie by omitting all other possible utterances at the moment" due to the ultimate futility of "utterances", nevertheless it seems to be the closest approach to accurately convey "reality". Remember that the observer is the observed.
2. I seem to perceive the second and third stanzas to hold much more weight than the first and last, due to my own memories of a red wheelbarrow glazed with rainwater. the contrast is furthered by the last line, which speaks of white, animate chickens, juxtaposed to the read inanimate wheelbarrow. The poem appears to me to be taking place in the spring, as that is what i have imagined, due to my memories of a wet wheelbarrow coming from the spring months.
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