Sandburg's Poetry

Born in Senegal around 1753, Phillis Wheatley became an important American poetic figure. At the age of 8, she was kidnapped and brought to Boston on a slave ship and upon her arrival to Boston, she was quickly sold to John Wheatley (Bio). Under her new family, Phillis adopted the master’s last name, taken under the wife’s wing, and showed her deep intelligence. Even though suffering from poor health, Phillis’s intelligence did not go unnoticed; she received lessons in theology, English, Latin and Greek. Being a slave did not stop Phillis from learning and experiencing her life, she participated in the master’s family events and eventually became a family member. The irony in this situation is

He fortifies his empathy and admirably clean lines with a gift -- his primary gift -- for...metaphor” (Leithauser). As a result of the prevalent use of metaphor in his works to create imagery, the “difficulties [Kooser’s poems] provoke are experiential rather than textual” (Gioia), making them unique and difficult to fully comprehend, partly due also to their simplicity and the author’s commitment to relative plainness. This gives Kooser a particular individuality amongst modern poets. Kooser’s metaphors manage to get “both sides to work perfectly well together” (Baker), vital to his command over making his figurative language understandable to almost all of his readers, especially to the unbookish ones. His poems almost always have a clear shift, a result of his ability to use figurative language to turn even the most commonplace items into something special: “[Kooser’s poetry] is simple without becoming shallow, striking without going to extremes. He has achieved the most difficult kind of originality. He has transformed the common idiom and experience into fresh and distinctive poetry” (Gioia). Overall, his poetry has been described as “brief, imagistic, and accessible” (Kennedy), an extremely difficult task to accomplish as he maintains the strength of his metaphors and similes.. Kooser’s style is defined by strong use of figurative language to give meaning to other language

The author was very heavy in the Pathos category. He invested strongly in using stories and vivid language to get their point across to the readers. For example, in paragraph 4 the author talked about living north of New York City. Talking about how most of the vehicles people would see on the road would be an SUV or a light truck. They went on saying

Carl Sandburg's inspirational poem, I am the People, the Mob, reveals a truth to the reader that most humans would rather ignore, that all humans, no matter what, are still human. This is achieved by Carl Sandburg listing different types of carriers, or paths that someone could take, but Sandburg does not use himself as the narrator, instead he uses the human race as the narrator. By using “The Mob”, as Sandburg frequently refers to the human race in his poem, as the main speaker, the reader is able to make a more personal connection to the main idea of the work. This is important in the second stanza when “The Mob” starts to mention horrific events that all end with the phrase “I forget”. As the list of the tragic events expands to include

His diction let’s you sense the carelessness and monotony of the characters lives. This style of writing shows the reader that the worth and value of the individual is not

Poetry Explication of “Travellers Advisory” by Gary Hyland Throughout this poem, Gary Hyland outlines his views on experiences that occur throughout one's lifetime. He emphasizes that bad memories can hold a person back and can prevent them moving forward in life. Circumstances can change so drastically that sometimes one is stuck in the past alongside their bad memories instead of living in the present. Once a man has experienced an event that has scarred them, it is hard for one to have a positive outlook on life again.

Modernism can be seen as a reaction to the new society and environment that was formed by industrialization, which arose during the period between World War I and World War II. The modernist movement arose out of this new way of viewing the world and the self. Among the characteristics of the modernist movement were alienation and themes that were rooted in real life and real-life experiences. American poet Carl Sandburg was able to demonstrate how the individual viewed his redefined relationship with his environment and society in "Prayers of Steel" and "Chicago." In these poems, Sandburg strives to explore how the narrator attempts to reconcile his identity of self through the use of industrialist settings and images.

To begin, there are not many people who can say that their childhood started with joining the army, later living on the streets, and working a variety of jobs. Due to these circumstances, Sandburg had many goals and even more ideals he wished to share to the world. As a youth, he lived a difficult life, as he quit school in 8th grade and was always busy working to help his family by delivering milk, collecting ice, laying bricks, and more, before becoming a hobo in 1897 (Barr 1). Sandburg struggled to make money and had to work

Yes, a large percentage of the poem is based on the different views and values

James Baldwin’s was an American novelist who portrays his feelings towards unspoken characteristics of racial and sexual differences in western society through his essay and poetry. “The American dream and the American negro” by James Baldwin, Baldwin address the problem of equality in the American society around 1965. Baldwin believes African American rights, freedom, opportunity and equality weren’t available for blacks. Base on history and what I have read from Baldwin's essay I have agree with Baldwin's agreement that African American was not treated as equal. Through this essay, I would be explaining and supporting my agreement.

Paragraph 6: At one point he called for the abolition of slavery, but later he saw the abolitionist movement as a threat to democracy. One of his poems was about an egalitarian view of the races and his attitude in life reflected many of the racial prejudices common to the nineteenth -century his opposition to slavery was not necessarily based on belief in the equality of races.

only three short stanzas. By keeping it short he also allows the reader to interpret the poem

In the poem, What Shall He Tell That Son written by Carl Sandburg, Sandburg used many statements that show just how contradicting life can be in our world today. “Life is hard; be steel; be rock.” Here Sandburg is trying to get across that sometimes life can be tough and hard to get through, but then he goes on to say, “Life is soft loam; be gentle; go easy.” To contradict his statement about life being hard, Sandburg goes on to say that although life can get you down, always make room to sit down and relax, to go easy and think about all the great possibilities there are to accomplish. Thinking of possible accomplishments is a great way to relax while still getting something done, but Sandburg is also trying to say that goals still need

     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 dish washing to earn money to support the family. At seventeen, he left home to travel to Kansas as a hobo, there he turned to the army for help. He served eight months in Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American war.

structure light and simple. As a result, his writing is straightforward, and the reader makes no