Love in Carl Sandburg’s Poems Love is one of the most frequently deployed themes in poetry, and it is understandable people are more willing to read and think about something that concerns them and affects their personal well being rather than something abstract. Love comes in different appearances as we look at different poets works, each of them has unique style and conceptualization, and Carl Sandburg is no exclusion from this rule. While there are a lot of poems written about love between a man and a woman, Sandburg also writes about different kinds of love friendly love, family love, love of something unknown or yet to come, love towards ones homeland. Since love poems about love between a man and a woman are rather frequent, within the course of this report we will examine two Sandburgs poems that deal with different kinds of love, in this particular case love of something unknown and love towards ones homeland. The poem The Red Son, by Carl Sandburg, is about love, and what it can do to people. The poem conveys many aspects of love, such as where love originates and how compelling it is, how strong love can be, and how love can change a persons life.
It is a poem about love of something unknown, the kind of love that makes people leave everything they have and proceed to totally new life, with a lot of challenges and opportunities. Love comes from within, and can push someone into action, whether they actually want to or not. No one will do anything unless there is something pushing them from within to do it. An example is the quote But a fire burns in my heart. Under the ribs where pulses thud and flitting between bones of skull is the push, the endless mysterious command (Golden, p. 74) This man doesnt even want to really leave however, and he knows everyone does not want him to go either, but love is still too great to deny. A good quote is I go where you wist not of, nor I know any man or woman.
The Term Paper on Poems "Island Man" And "The Fringe Of The Sea".
I recently read two poems, entitled “Island Man” and “The Fringe of the Sea”. These two poems are similar in many ways, but also have conflicting ideas. They both have connections to the sea, through the content of the poems, but also through the authors. Grace Nichols is the author of “Island Man”, and she was born in Ghana, and now living in Britain. A.L. ...
I only know I go to storms, grappling against things wet and naked, where the man knows he should not leave, but he also knows he has to. (Callahan, p. 44) One more good quote showing the man knows he has to leave is when he declares in the last line You for the little hills and I go away. (Callahan, p. 46) Love that man felt was very deep, and very strong, it took him away from everything he knew, into a possible dangerous and scary future. Because of love people will leave everything they know, for something totally new.
Love that man felt took him from his comfortable life, to an unknown new life. The man was very comfortable, and had a good life as seen in the quote I love your faces I saw the many years, I drank your milk and filled my mouth, with your home talk, slept in your house, and was one of you. (Callahan, p. 48) However, the man must leave, to a strange new place, possibly very difficult and hard to handle. We see how this new life is to be in the quote Crags and high rough places call me, great places of death, where men go empty handed (Callahan, p. 48) The man is going to give up his friends, family, comfort, because of his love.
This drive is very powerful, and very overwhelming. This love will change the way the man thinks and lives. After one feels such love, he/she is changed forever. They will no longer be able to live the same life and think the same kind of things. This man is going to go live a new, unknown, but exciting life. He dreams of big things, like we see in the quote I shall go into the city and fight against it, and make it give me passwords, of luck and love, women worth dying for, and money.
The Essay on What does Jack London mean by “The Love of Life”?
Many people today could easily say that they loved and appreciated life, that living in this world was a privilege that they would do anything to maintain. Through a story called “The Love of Life”, Jack London demonstrates what the true definition of loving life is like. He does not illustrate the “love of life” as something simple and pleasurable, but as something that is ...
(Callahan, p. 52) After these thoughts, the man will never be the same. A good quote in which this man realizes this is I am going away and I never come back to you. (Callahan, p. 55) This man will be experiencing new things, having new dreams, believing new ideas. He will no longer be able to live a simple life as he did before. His love is taking him to new places, and to a totally new life.
Love comes from within, and is in everyones life. It can change a person completely by compelling them to take action. Love helps one to achieve goals and dreams. It is what makes people who they are, and gives them direction. Chicago by Carl Sandburg is one of the most amusing poems that I read recently. This poem tells us about a metropolitan city, Chicago, which is situated in the United States of America.
The poet seems to do a lot of critics about his own city but fortunately, he still shows love and respect for his own hometown. As in the first stanza, Sandburg introduces us with all kinds of statements that visualize the characteristic of Chicago. Hog butcher of the world gives us an image of Chicago as a dominant meat supplier to the whole world. (Sutton, p. 79) Second line, which is Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, shows that Chicago is a city of development, industrialization and agriculture. (Sutton, p. 80) The economic growth of this city is rapidly increased because of its trading activities (import and export of goods).
This major city is also being recognized for its transportation (by air, water and roads).
City of a Big Shoulders which is proclaimed in the 4th line brings us an idea that Chicago provides support for economic activities that makes other city depends on him. (Sutton, p. 80) In the second stanza, the first three lines indicate how people (outside of Chicago) have an independent view about it. They think that Chicago is a city, which is immoral, as they can see that prostitution is everywhere. Painted women under the gas lamp denotes about women with a thick make up which bring us an idea about the prostitution activity that luring the naive and innocent boys. (Sutton, p.
The Essay on Adrienne Rich’s 21 Love Poems
In “Twenty-One Love Poems” by Adrienne Rich, each poem helps us understand her life. We as the readers get a “sneak peak” at the struggles she faces due to an almost ‘doomed’ love affair she has with another woman. The settings of her poems take place in Manhattan which she refers to as the “island of Manhattan” many times. There is a transitioning ...
81) In the 4th, 5th, and 6th lines the poet writes And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger. (Sutton, p. 83) It shows that there is a lot of cruelty and violence in the city whereas poverty is a part of it. It also features the lack of care among citizen towards the poor. Although the city is not perfectly blissful, the poet is still defending the city. He asks the outsiders to show him another city that is much better than Chicago itself. He is also comparing Chicago with other cities and for him, there is no other place that is as good as Chicago.
This statement can be referred to: Come and show me another city with lifted head singing– So proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning Flinging the magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on Job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities (Sutton, p. 86) As I look at the 3rd stanza, Carl Sandburg seems to indicate all the hard work of his nation through the first lines till the seventh line. The development of Chicago, building and rebuilding, planning and wrecking make us believe that the people of Chicago are very active and productive. In the 8th line until the 16th lines of the 3rd stanza, the poet portrays that the citizens of Chicago are very busy handling and doing their hard jobs. Though they might be very exhausted, they do it happily like they are celebrating winning a game. It is like a young man striving for life who feels excited with it. When the reader finally recites the 17th line and the lines after that, he or she would understand that Chicago is a big city and it is of course the centre of industrialization, agriculture, import and export. From this poem, it is evident that Sandburg loves his city, Chicago. Although there are a lot of aspects of big city lifestyles that the poet criticizes, the overall tone of the poem implies that despite all those aspects, he loves the city a lot, and considers it to be the most wonderful city in the world.
The poem is rather short, however Sandburg manages to express his feelings in those lines and show his audience how great and splendid the city of Chicago really is. Love your mother land. Nothing can compare to your own mother land. (Crowder, p. 71) Sandburg uses his poems to convey the messages of love, respect and understanding, he draws the attention of his audience to all the good things that happen in this world, and although he criticizes some aspects of our everyday living, overall his poems are full of optimism. They give his readers positive energy and that is one of the major factors that attract people to his works. Words Count: 1,545
The Essay on “Chicago” By Carl Sandburg
... Also present in this poem is great examples of metaphors. In one line, Sandburg compares the city of Chicago to an evil dog ... throughout the entire poem sets the mood and flow of the story. Sandburg personifies the city of Chicago to give it ... Chicago”, written by Carl Sandburg is a strong meaningful poem illustrating the pride and confidence that pours out of the city of Chicago. Throughout the poem ...
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