Analyzing Carl Sandburg's Poem 'Young Sea'

this is an analysis essay of three of Carl Sandburg's poem. I will analyze three poems that Carl Sandburg wrote in different times in his life. Also throughout my realization, I will talk about how he has used countless examples of personification. He uses personification and relates back to his life and home.

Carl Sandburg grew up in Galesburg Illinois. His parents emigrated from North Sweden and change their family name from Johnson to Sandburg. His family was very poor which forced him to leave school at the age of 13 and work random unstable jobs to help support his family. At the age of seven teens, he moved to Kansas as a hobo. He would go on to serve eight months in the Spanish-American war and met a student of Lombard college a small school in his hometown. He was then convinced to go back home and work on his education a change that altered the course of his life and sent him down the path of poetry. Sandburg worked his way through school, where he attracted the attention of Professor Philip Green Wright. He then continued to sponsor Carl throughout his time and even publishing his first work. He also worked as an inspiration for Carl and help him along.While Carl attended the school he never once got a diploma but would later receive The …show more content…
As he writes his poems he uses a lot of personification like in his poem “Young Sea.” He says many things like “It pounds on the shore.” and “The sea speaks.” Carl also doesn’t use a rhyme scheme in this poem since it is a free verse one isn’t needed. He also uses a metaphor “Restless as a young heart” referring to the sea pounding the shore all day and night. He then goes on to talk about the men who ride the ocean and how dangerous it is to do. This is symbolically talking about his past when he left his hometown on a train and went on as a hobo to a new city. It was a dangerous way he lived and that's how the sailors live in the