Chicago: The Legacy of Carl Sandburg Carl Sandburg may be one of our most influential poets in American history‚ he knew the American working man and his necessities. Sandburg used his poetry to explicate to the economy how life is‚ can‚ and could be. Carl Sandburg was born in Galesburg‚ Illinois January 6‚ 1878 to Swedish immigrant parents with the names of August and Clara Johnson. His family was extremely poor. Carl left school at the age of thirteen to work odd jobs from bricklaying to
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Carl Sandburg born January 6‚ 1878‚ was an American poet‚ writer‚ and editor who won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. During his lifetime‚ Sandburg was widely regarded as a major figure in literature‚ especially for volumes of his collected verse‚ including Chicago Poems from 1916‚ Cornhuskers from 1918‚ and Smoke and Steel from 1920. He enjoyed "unrivaled appeal as a poet in his day‚ perhaps because the breadth of his experiences connected him
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While reading the Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg I got the feeling as though I was in the early 1920’s. I was able to know what life was like back then and how the people of the time felt about the events that were going on around them. He wrote what he was experiencing during the First World War and how death was realized by this generation for the first time. This work was quite efficient in doing what it needed to do. It is difficult for a poet to convey a single message in a collection of
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In the poem “Chicago” Carl Sandburg describes his home. When people talk about where they live most people only say good things about their town‚ but Sandburg points out both the good and bad. All places have good and bad points even my city. I live in Bowie‚ Maryland. Bowie is a relatively small city. There isn’t much to distinguish Bowie from other places. It is not looked down on nor is it looked up to‚ but there are some things that should not be overlooked. One thing that should not be overlooked
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Carl Sandburg was a master of all trades. In the early 20th century‚ the country was in desperate need of unity. As a poet‚ songwriter‚ and journalist he strove to ensure that all Americans had a sense of national pride. His works‚ like the Abraham Lincoln series‚ bonded citizens to the former leaders of America. Carl Sandburg had a major influence and impact on the development of American literature. Even as an adolescent‚ Carl Sandburg was very proud of his background. He was the son of Swedish
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Chicago by Carl Sandburg The poem being reviewed in this paper is “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg. The poem addresses the progress and problems present in the city‚ but asserts that Chicago is powerful‚ vibrant‚ and a city to be proud of. “Chicago” also personifies the city and gives it a very specific character. The first two lines of the first stanza‚ “Hog Butcher for the World/Tool Maker‚ Stacker of Wheat” are referring to the industry of Chicago and it’s place in the economy. Around the time of
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was "The Sick Rose" written by William Blake in 1794. Soon after‚ I read "Fog" (1916) by Carl Sandburg and I began to notice an exciting connection filled with various exceptions of chief differences. Although the poems were written more than a century apart from each other‚ after rereading them numerous times‚
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"Chicago‚" written Carl Sandburg is a rousing piece of writing about the lives of people in Chicago and about the city as a whole. In 1894‚ Carl Sandburg’s father‚ a laborer in the railroad yards of a small Illinois prairie town‚ secured a pass for his son to see Chicago. The enormous vitality of the city‚ as well as its economic injustices‚ left a deep impression on the young man that would emerge later in his groundbreaking poem "Chicago." As the son of a Swedish immigrant laborer‚ who in his youth
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Brief Overview of Carl Sandburg: As I researched Carl Sandburg‚ I began to find that there were truly many sides to Carl Sandburg. First‚ he was a poet whose Chicago Poems brought him fame and recognition. He is often associated with the "Chicago Literary Renaissance‚" which took place in the 1910s and 1920s and included such authors as Theodore Dreiser and Edgar Lee Masters. However‚ Sandburg never believed he was an author for one place alone and actually termed himself "The Eternal Hobo."
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Rondeau was written in 1963 by Carl Sandburg. It is a poem of love‚ and the innocence‚ and hope that come with it. Love is a common theme throughout the whole poem while there are other themes presented as well. Sandburg is known for his use of free verse. It bears a sense of romance and brings forth images that convey strong emotions (Constantakis‚ 2011). Free verse has no rhyme or meter to guide the poem. He uses this form of poetry‚ so he can make the poem lyrical. Sandburg frequently uses metaphors
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