Carl Sandburg Flashcards
malicious and unjust
wanton
similarity of structure in a pair or series of words, phrases, or clauses
parallelism
to smile or speak in a scornful or mocking tone
sneer
a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, usually praising it, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter
ode
set in competition against
pitted
the loin and leg of a four-footed animal
haunches
the juxtaposition of contrasting elements in parallel words or phrases
antithesis
the use of several conjunctions in close succession (“He ran and jumped and laughed for joy.”)
polysyndeton
"The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on" The poem is an extended \_\_\_, portraying fog as a cat.
metaphor
How is Fog pictured in the poem, Fog?
stationary and moving
“Hog Butcher for the World,
Took Maker, Stacker of Whet,
Player with Railroads and the Nation’s Freight Handler;
Stormy, husky, brawling,
City of the Big Shoulders:”
Which device is most prevalent in the first stanza?
epithet
Which two literary devices are present in “City of the Big Shoulders”?
metaphor; personification
The opening stanza of Fog features two important contributions that Chicago gives the ___ and the ____.
world; nation
In the second stanza of Fog, Sandburg addresses Chicago about its disreputable reputation. Each charge is signaled by the anaphoric phrase “they tell me.” What are the three one-word judgements that people say about Chicago?
It is wicked, crooked, and brutal.
Though Sandburg, acknowledges the criticisms and believes they are true, he manages to convince us of what?
that Chicago is still a great city
