Modernist poetry explored the problems that arose from rapid urbanization and industrialization in the late 1800s and early 1900
s. 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
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.</span>