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Chicago Poems established Sandburg as a major figure in contemporary literature. [5] Chicago Poems, and its follow-up volumes of verse, Cornhuskers (1918) and Smoke and Steel (1920) represent Sandburg's attempts to found an American version of social realism, writing expansive verse in praise of American agriculture and industry.
Chicago. By Carl Sandburg. Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler; Stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders: They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys.
The poem itself is a typical example of middle-class life that existed in Chicago. Most of the time, the city is seen darker because of things like prostitution, hunger, and murders in urban areas. However, despite the darkness, the poet says that Chicago is still a prosperous city. Get the Poem as a Printable PDF.
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Chicago. They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys. And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again. And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of women and children I have ...
In Carl Sandburg, Karl Detzer says that in 1918 “admirers proclaimed him a latter-day Walt Whitman; objectors cried that their six-year-old daughters could write better poetry.”. Admirers of his poetry, however, have included Sherwood Anderson (“among all the poets of America he is my poet”), and Amy Lowell, who called Chicago Poems ...
Chicago (poem) " Chicago " is a poem by Carl Sandburg about the city of Chicago that became his adopted home. It first appeared in Poetry, March 1914, the first of nine poems collectively titled "Chicago Poems". It was republished in 1916 in Sandburg's first mainstream collection of poems, also titled Chicago Poems .
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