Wallace Stevens

LitCharts guides for works by Wallace Stevens

Explore LitCharts poetry guides for works by Wallace Stevens. Each guide offers line-by-line analysis, exploration of poetic devices, and helpful resources for studying Wallace Stevens's poetry.

Anecdote of the Jar

"Anecdote of the Jar" was written by Wallace Stevens, an important figure in 20th-century American poetry. In the poem, an unnamed speaker places a jar on a hill in Tennessee. As the natural world ... view guide

Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock

"Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock" was first published by the American poet Wallace Stevens in 1915 and later reprinted in Stevens's 1923 collection, Harmonium. The poem's speaker describes a group o... view guide

Sunday Morning

Wallace Stevens's "Sunday Morning" offers an extended reflection on nature, religion, and the search for meaning in everyday life. Even as the poem recognizes the human desire for spiritual fulfill... view guide

The Emperor of Ice-Cream

"The Emperor of Ice-Cream" is one of the most well-known poems by American Modernist poet Wallace Stevens. The poem appears in Stevens's widely influential debut collection, Harmonium, which was pu... view guide

The Idea of Order at Key West

"The Idea of Order at Key West" is one of modernist poet Wallace Stevens's most celebrated works. Written in 1934 and published in his 1936 collection Ideas of Order, the blank verse poem explores ... view guide

The Snow Man

Wallace Stevens's "The Snow Man" was first published in Poetry magazine in 1921 and then appeared in Stevens's influential debut collection Harmonium (1923). Gazing on a bleak winter landscape of s... view guide

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

"Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" was written by one of America's most celebrated 20th-century poets, Wallace Stevens. The poem was published in Stevens's classic debut collection, Harmoniu... view guide