Carl Sandburg: "Chicago" - Read

Question 1

note

Answer 1

• carl sandburg is often referred to as “the poet of the common man” because he uses simple, straightforward language and ideas about the help and care of the poor

Question 2

the following line from Sandburg’s poem “Chicago” incorporates which poetic device?
Line 23: Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning

Answer 2

simile

Question 3

lines 1-3 of his poem “Chicago”, Carl Sandburg uses the poetic device of cataloging or listing. What things is he cataloging

Answer 3

he is cataloging all the services Chicago provides to the nation and to the world

Question 4

which passage below from Sandburg’s poem “Chicago” is an example of the poetic device of personification

Answer 4

lines 30-31: Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth

Question 5

in line 5 of his poem “Chicago,” Carl Sandburg uses which poetic device to describe Chicago

Answer 5

personification

Question 6

in lines 12-14 of his poem “Chicago,” what does Sandburg mean by calling the city “brutal”?

Answer 6

women and children do not have enough food – a brutal situation