In 'The Anecdote Jar' by Wallace Stevens, the barrenness and emptiness of modern life are reflected in the description of the jar as gray and bare, devoid of life like birds or bushes.
The two lines from the excerpt that reflect the themes of barrenness and emptiness of modern life in 'The Anecdote Jar' by Wallace Stevens are:
In Modernist poetry, themes of barrenness and emptiness were common as poets explored the impacts of rapid urbanization and industrialization during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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