Carl Sandburg 1878 – 1967• Worked as a poet, biographer, milk truck driver, bricklayer, and traveling salesman• Grew up in Galesburg, Illinois, the son of Swedish immigrants• Quit school after 8th grade• Fought in the Spanish-American War, attended college, and became a journalist• Considered Walt Whitman’s successor in his enthusiasm for the common people• Noted for the use of the rhythms of everyday speech in his poems• Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 for his biography of Lincoln and in 1951 for a collection of poetry

“Chicago” by Carl Sandburg – page 701

apostrophe -- a figure of speech in which a writer directly addresses an inanimate object, and idea, or an absent person

epithets – short descriptive phrases used to characterize a person or place

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What do the epithets in the first five lines reveal about the city?

“Grass” by Carl Sandburg – page 702

Who is the speaker?

What is shocking about the speaker’s statements?

How does the poet want readers to feel about war?

Why does the speaker mention famous battle sites from different wars?

Why does the speaker mention the passengers on the train?

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