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Hog Butcher for the World,
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,
Player with Railroads and the Nation's .........
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Carl Sandburg
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Alice In Wonderland
(9/14/2009 9:10:00 PM) |
Right on Andrew, Chicago will never stop! This poem is great. It is a very real picture of what the city was like at that time. Yes, there was prostitution and crime and poverty and it was ugly but it was Carl Sandburgs home. Chicago is a beautiful city full of people who are proud to live there. Full of bragging arrogant people who are proud of what their city can do. So many great jobs are available in Chicago: Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads, etc. Very industrial jobs. So Chicago has jobs available and the ability to reinvent itself. Who wouldn't want to be a part of this city?
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Lorraine Margueritte Gasrel Black
(5/15/2009 10:16:00 AM) |
Carl Sandburg wrote about the realities of life and his words breathe in his poetry.He leaves a view of a world that still holds on and yet lets go into a trip of the imagination.He is one of our great poets.
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Andrew Fernandez
(3/19/2009 6:27:00 PM) |
Just as Carl Sandburg describes, you have to love the windy city. I think that julia knows what she is talking about because even though it has taken many lives in many ways, you have to love the greates city in the world. Also as Alex says, Sandburg does a good job of describing the city with such great detail. Which is true because in the poem, he covers all the major things that are negative that go on in Chicago yet the good outways the bad. It seems as if Sandburg has become attached to the city itself and will defend it even if it is wrong. Just as i would becasue in my eyes, Chicago is the city that keeps going and will never stop improving itself.
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Alex Maric
(3/19/2009 6:15:00 PM) |
I like how the author describes the city in such great detail. He really does a good job of telling the reader of the city's corruption/ scandal. From pollution to prostitution, his intricate use of adjectives really brings the poem to life.
Even though this poem brings up a lot of negative points about Chicago, you can tell that Mr. Carl Sandburg is fond of this city. He writes, 'Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.' There are many negative things that one can mention when Chicago is brought up. However, there is far more good and many people are still proud to live in this smoke-filled, prostitute-ridden city!
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Kaitlynn Lalond
(3/19/2009 6:07:00 PM) |
I really think Carl has an interesting perspective on Chicago. Alot of the things that he points out are all the bad things about the city: crime, prostitution, gangs and everything bad. I think that Chicago has a ton of awesome things to offer as well. The city has awesome jobs, entertainment, shopping, living and great opportunities for vistors and foreignors. I think that maybe Carl might of had a bad experience in the city, so that's the reason he's so focused on the negative. I did enjoy that Sandburg uses such vivid description and the way he explains such a great city.
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Julia Wakeman
(2/19/2009 9:45:00 PM) |
I love how this poem shows the authors conflicting emotions about Chicago. He knows that it is a wicked, crooked, brutal city, and yet he still loves it.
He will still sneer at anyone who dares insult his city.
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