Carl Sandburg was born on January 6, 1878, in Galesburg, Illinois. His parents were two Swedish immigrants named August and Clara. He went to school at Lombard College, but he had to drop out because he was forced to fight in the Spanish-American war. Before Sandburg left Lombard, one of his professors saw how good his work was and he tried to get some of his work published. This really elevated his career, and helped …show more content…
William Aspenwall Bradley, a literary advisor, states that Sandburg is a clever reporter and has a bias for social criticism. He is a true artist whose method of concentration puts him with people who consider themselves as Imagists. Many critics have also seen two sides to Sandburg’s poetry, “the socialist propagandizer versus the lyric poet” (Van Wienen). Another literary critic named Louis Untermeyer claims that Sandburg is both a socialist and an artist. He suggests that these two aspects of Sandburg’s personality are interfused with each other. Carl Sandburg is an amazing writer because he is writes using a lot of imagery, and he really puts you into the poem with his descriptive writing. He writes in a very serious tone which makes his writing a lot easier to follow and understand, but that can make the poetry less enjoyable and can lead to a serious case of boredom. On the other hand, his writing can be very interesting and is very well polished. His writing also makes you think of what the real meaning of each poem is because there are so many different ways to interpret his