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To Beachey, 1912. ‘To Beachey, 1912‘ by Carl Sandburg is a poem that expresses the author’s appreciation for aviation. The main character of the poem is flying in an airplane, and from high up, he is able to really appreciate the beauty of the blue sky. 'To Beachy, 1912' is a notable example of Carl Sandburg's poetry, characterized by its ...
Carl Sandburg was born in Galesburg, Illinois, to parents who had emigrated from Sweden. His father was a hard-working blacksmith, but the young Sandburg didn’t exhibit his father’s enthusiasm for manual labor and a steady home life. Sandburg left school after the eighth grade and then worked at a variety of odd jobs before volunteering in ...
Free verse poems of known American writer Carl August Sandburg celebrated American people, geography, and industry; alongside his six-volume biography Abraham Lincoln (1926-1939), his collections of poetry include Smoke and Steel (1920). This best editor won Pulitzer Prizes.
Poet Carl Sandburg was born into a poor family in Galesburg, Illinois. In his youth, he worked many odd jobs before serving in the 6th Illinois Infantry in Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War. He studied at Lombard College, and then moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin,...
Carl Sandburg was born on January 6, 1878, in Galesburg, Illinois. His parents were Swedish immigrants. When he was 11 Sandburg quit school to help earn money. At the age of 17 he worked in the Kansas wheat fields. There he made friends with hoboes and farmhands. Their stories and songs provided a rich source of material for his poetry.
About Carl Sandburg Born in 1878, Carl Sandburg has made a notable contribution to American Poetry until he died in 1967. His poetry has a prevalent view of middle-class life and society, for which could be considered as the bard (unfortunately, there is no such thing) of working-class people.
Carl Sandburg worked from the time he was a young boy. He quit school following his graduation from eighth grade in 1891 and spent a decade working a variety of jobs. He delivered milk, harvested ice, laid bricks, threshed wheat in Kansas, and shined shoes in Galesburg's Union Hotel before traveling as a hobo in 1897.
