Grass- Carl Sandburg notes
- Created by: emily997
- Created on: 18-03-14 17:11
View mindmap
- CARL SANDBURG- Grass
- rhythm
- repetitive and cyclical
- anaphora is used
- repetitive and cyclical
- Move Him Into The Sun quick reference
- structure
- unconventional structure
- 3 stanzas
- free verse
- structural nature of poem is repetitive and cyclical
- anaphora is used
- short length and casual tone/rythmn presents nature's indifference to deaths
- form
- free verse
- 'vers libre' was typical of French poets in the late 1800s
- Carl Sandburg was an American poet/journalist
- imagery of discard and worthlessness
- simplistic language, objective and minimalistic
- list of famous battles from European and American history emphasises that history soon moves on
- last two lines are isolated from rest of poem, which ends the poem on a sombre and desolate note
- fallen heroes of war are forgotten
- personification of nature
- power of nature
- Untitled
- power of nature
- personification of nature
- rhythm
Comments
No comments have yet been made