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
The jar “made” or forced the once careless, “slovenly” wilderness to surround its site. Prior to man’s intrusion, the wild part of Tennessee was unconcerned. However, after the placement of the artificial construction (the jar) upon the hill, the land’s role became encompassing it. Once again, Stevens puts man’s creation at the center of the scene, giving it the greater importance. 
 Where the first two lines held iambic tetrameter, the third breaks such structure, utilizing consecutive polysyllabic words, therein emphasizing “the slovenly wilderness / Surround that hill.” The form of the poem is thus used to reiterate its content.
Anecdote of the Jar