Grass

Grass by Carl Sandburg

War buff Carl Sandburg displayed his passions in near-force with his poesy Grass. At prime(prenominal) glance of the title, Grass is interpret as the noun, meaning any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, overlay leaves, and seed like grains. After gaining a better excavate on the poem and the ideas behind Sandburgs writing it becomes clear the thieve he speaks off is the verb meaning to cover with polecat.

Sandburg starts off with a terrific use of imagery in a single(a) word PILE(1). All capitalized giving extensive indicant to four letters used in a great referent awareness. PILE the bodies(1) as it continues, gives the sense of a spunky stack of innumerable bodies. It also sets an ambiance of carelessness. It gives an image of heaps of lifeless, nameless bodies, it shows lack of character as if these bodies never carried any personal effects, no emotion, no feeling, no family, no life.

The speaker moves on, ...high in Austerlitz and Waterloo(1). The piling of the bodies now has meaning, its war he is speaking of. The battle of Austerlitz and the battle of Waterloo coupled gives the sense of relation to wizard another. Both wars included the French armies work by Napoleon Bonaparte.



Austeriltz being known as one of Bonapartes greatest victories, and Waterloo being known as his defeat. Although the connection of the French army and Napoleon Bonaparte currently isnt known, its clearly no coincidence.

Sandburg proceeds with Shovel them infra,(2) again using a denotative tone with the verb shovel, which is a rugged action, quick and careless, unremarkably referenced to dirt, mud or debris. With the word shovel, Sandburg again belittles the lives these bodies at one time housed, lowering them to a simple debris. The line continues, Shovel them under and let me work(2) here Sandburg uses personification to give the grass a lifelike role. What strikes as extremely unique is the first part of the line, Shovel them...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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