Carl Sandburg Although Carl Sandburg had a hard life and a rough time growing up, he expressed himself through writing. Carl Sandburg was a famous poet. Sandburg wrote forty-nine different pieces of poetry. Most of Sandburg’s poems were about human nature. Sandburg had a huge impact on many different peoples lives. Many people influenced Carl Sandburg. As a salesman, Sandburg learned about human nature, which influenced him to start writing. Harriet Monroe, a fellow poet encouraged Carl Sandburg to keep writing, free verse in particular. Poetry connected Sandburg to many different strands of American life. Walt Whitman was a huge inspiration to Sandburg. Once he heard Whitman’s pieces, he instantly was inspired. Carl Sandburg had many different themes of writing. Sandburg’s most common theme was free verse. He had many different pieces that was about him expressing himself and how he feels about different topics. Sandburg’s pieces had a big statement that standed out. Sandburg's poems occasionally sound very blunt and boring but oddly they change your perspective and how you look at things. Carl was such a good example of a great man when it came to his writing. He didn’t care what people thought about him, he just wanted people to understand his point of …show more content…
In this poem Sandburg is talking about all the good and all the bad in Chicago. The occasion is hunger because there are so many hungry people in this world, and I think Sandburg really wants people to understand, and to notice it. The main audience is people visiting Chicago, but not only that, it’s people who want to take a stand against it, or people who don’t even realize it. The purpose of this poem is to really make people aware of everything that is going on that people don’t even realize. The topic of this poem is all the hungry people in this world. This poem’s tone is sadness, hurt, and