Essays on Sandburg

Part 1

In “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning we meet the narrator who is a Duke. The duke is meeting an emissary in order to discuss marrying the daughter of a very important man. As he is giving the emissary a tour of his home he stops to admire the portrait of his dead wife. The Duke begins to speak of his dead wife with affection. This quickly turns into bitterness when he goes on a rant about the fact she engaged in behaviors that he found distasteful. As he goes on he reveals that he “gave commands; / Then ...

Analysis of issues about “Family” from four poems

Michelle Moran’s poem titled A tribute to family best defines family. It states that family is God’s creation. “But God created families. As only our Lord can” (Moran). Family is also the basis of love, respect, honor and obedience. Family is made up of different parties such as father, mother and siblings each of whom has a beautiful and God-ordained task to fulfil. Family as such comes forth as what is commonly known as nuclear family according to Moran. The poet is honest to appreciate God for creating families from simple union of two people in marriage. “ ...

The poem Chicago written by Carl Sandburg embraces modernism because it looks simple but stands out. His modernist way of writing the poem in 1914 captures the events of the time when the city of Chicago was still in its developmental stages. Also, the poem’s main theme and way of writing have been influenced by Ezra Pound as seen through the way the poem is more direct thus avoiding unnecessary words that water down a poem and make it look like a narrative. The use of free verse is evident in the poem, and that allowed Sandburg to ...