‘Chicago’ Carl Sandburg
The poem ‘Chicago’ by Carl Sandburg describes the city of Chicago in the United States of America, presumably at the time of writing, 1914. Sandburg is first speaking to the city, then speaking to the people who is reading the poem. Sandburg has described Chicago as a city of the big shoulders, busy and brawling. Sandburg’s deep affection for his city arises, in spite of the outsiders staring at the hard working people who colonise the city. He makes us imagine Chicago as dirty, dangerous, industrial place, and yet the city of Chicago is full of liveliness and survival.
The author’s intentions are to show us the good parts of Chicago, show his own pride in the city and to counteract the negatives about Chicago. Throughout the poem you can see where Sandburg has shown these intentions. At first he writes about the negative parts of Chicago but soon goes to the positives, Sandburg illustrates them by saying, the city is Bareheaded, Shovelling, Wrecking, Planning, Building, …show more content…
Sandburg wants us to hear cars, trucks, people, construction, and so on. The movement of the poem is both fast and slow, you can see the poem wants the reader to go fast at the start ‘Hog Butcher of the World, Tool Maker Stacker of wheat’, and further on.
When it comes to speaking to the city, it starts to get slower through the duration of the poem but at the end it picks back up it’s speed and finishes fast.
Having analysed this poem from Carl Sandburg, the impact wasn't so big as other peoples impacts may be but thats because I am not a fan of poetry but if I have to comment on this great piece of work, I would say that Sandburg has gave us a great understanding of Chicago and where the positive and negatives areas are but also he has shown us his own pride in his city which he loves and is proud to be
The poem ‘Chicago’ by Carl Sandburg describes the city of Chicago in the United States of America, presumably at the time of writing, 1914. Sandburg is first speaking to the city, then speaking to the people who is reading the poem. Sandburg has described Chicago as a city of the big shoulders, busy and brawling. Sandburg’s deep affection for his city arises, in spite of the outsiders staring at the hard working people who colonise the city. He makes us imagine Chicago as dirty, dangerous, industrial place, and yet the city of Chicago is full of liveliness and survival.
The author’s intentions are to show us the good parts of Chicago, show his own pride in the city and to counteract the negatives about Chicago. Throughout the poem you can see where Sandburg has shown these intentions. At first he writes about the negative parts of Chicago but soon goes to the positives, Sandburg illustrates them by saying, the city is Bareheaded, Shovelling, Wrecking, Planning, Building, …show more content…
Sandburg wants us to hear cars, trucks, people, construction, and so on. The movement of the poem is both fast and slow, you can see the poem wants the reader to go fast at the start ‘Hog Butcher of the World, Tool Maker Stacker of wheat’, and further on.
When it comes to speaking to the city, it starts to get slower through the duration of the poem but at the end it picks back up it’s speed and finishes fast.
Having analysed this poem from Carl Sandburg, the impact wasn't so big as other peoples impacts may be but thats because I am not a fan of poetry but if I have to comment on this great piece of work, I would say that Sandburg has gave us a great understanding of Chicago and where the positive and negatives areas are but also he has shown us his own pride in his city which he loves and is proud to be