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Carl SandburgCarl Sandburg(1878-1967)Carl SandburgCarl Sandburgvpoet,historian,novelist vknown for his poetryv“the singing bard”va central figure in the“Chicago Renaissance”vthe successor of Walt Whitman v“indubitably an American in every pulse-beat”-H.L.Menckenvvirtually unknown to the literary world when,in 1914,a group of his poems appeared in the nationally circulated Poetry magazine.indubitably adv.无疑地无疑地,确实地确实地vTwo years later his book ChicagoPoemswas published,and the 38-year-old author found himself on the brink of a career that would bring him international acclaim.evaluationvHe played a significant role in the development in American poetry that took place during the first two decades of the 20th century.vHis emphasis on the tradition of American experience associate him with Hart Crane.Lifevborn in Galesburg,Illinoisvthe son of poor Swedish immigrant parentsveducated at public school vquit school following his graduation from 8th grade when he was 13The Carl Sandburg Home,National Historical Site is located in Flat Rockvworked from the time he was a young boyvspent a decade working a variety of jobs:delivered milkharvested icelaid bricksThreshed(脱粒脱粒)wheat in Kansasshined shoes(擦鞋擦鞋)in Galesburgs Union Hotel traveled as a hobo(lhubu 无业游民无业游民,流浪者流浪者)in 1897vHe saw first-hand the sharp contrast between rich and poor,a dichotomy(分裂分裂)that instilled(逐渐灌输逐渐灌输)in him a distrust of capitalism.vworked as secretary to the Socialist mayor of Milwaukee from 1910 to 1912vconsidered a security risk by Edgar HoovervF.B.I.kept a dossier on him-dossier l dsiei n.卷宗;档案Carl Sandburg Carl Sandburg and Sinclair LewisSinclair Lewisvmoved with his family to a suburb of Chicago in 1913vworked as an editor of a business magazinevHis free verse,reflecting industrial America,gained wide popularity during the Depression years,although his use of everyday language at first shocked readers.vIn the 1930s Sandburg became active in the Socialist movement.Carl Sandburg Elementary School in Joliet,ILvFrom 1945 he lived as a farmer and writer,breeding goats and folk-singing,in Flat Rock,North Carolina.Carl Sandburg honored at his 75th birthday on January 6,1953 in Chicago.vSandburg died on July 22,1967v“If God had let me live five years longer I should have been a writer.”Remembrance Rock:final resting place of Carl Sandburg and his wife,LilianMajor WorksvChicagoPoems,1916 芝加哥诗集芝加哥诗集vTheAmericanSongbag,1927vThePeople,Yes,1936 人民，是的人民，是的Pulitzer PrizevAbrahamLincoln:TheWarYearsv1939,4 vols.vthe 1940 Pulitzer Prize for historyCarl Sandburg:150th anniversary of birth of Abraham LincolnStylevfree versevalliterationvsometimes slant rhymesoff rhyme va partial or imperfect rhyme,often using assonance or consonance only,as in dry and died or grown and moon.vAlso called halfrhyme,nearrhyme,obliquerhyme,slantrhyme.Sandburg&Walt WhitmanvBecause Sandburgs writings celebrated the American spirit,he was often called the successor to Walt Whitman.vThe two writers shared an appreciation for the rhythms of the urban lifeadmired common laborersalso had a kind of mystic streak(神秘主义倾向神秘主义倾向)in their ecstatic(狂喜狂喜的的)expressionTheAmericanSongbagvshowed his interest in American folksongsvThese songs Sandburg had heard from railroad men,cowboys,lumberjack,hobos,convicts and workers on farm and in factory.ThePeople,YesThePeople,Yesvprobably Sandburgs most popular single bookvFrom his very first volumes Sandburg was interested in the speech of Midwesterners,spoken by the working class of the industrial cities.vhis interest in folk speech and folk expression became a clear feature of his poetry.vIt also gave evidence of the authors epigrammatic(格言警句的格言警句的)skill and felicitous(恰当的恰当的)phrasing(措词措词)ChicagoChicagoChicagoPoemsvappeared in 1916vfirst major collection of poemsvIt presented the poet as a loud-voiced,proud proletarian,full of joy of life.vThe book included the famous Chicago and Fog.ChicagovThe poem presents a striking and impressive description of the vigor and vitality of Chicago primarily by means of personification,images and metaphor.vBy using metaphor,the vigor of Chicago is highlighted.vIn the first 5 lines,Chicago is compared to those whom are powerful and vigorous.“hog butcher”“tool maker”“stacker of wheat”“Players with railroads”“the National Freight Handler”“the Big Shoulders”vIn the next 13 lines,the poet agrees that Chicago is wicked,crooked and brutal in a straightforward way by assuming a talk between the poet and the personified city,but he goes on to develop the theme of the poem by stating that Chicago is“alive and coarse and strong and cunning”.vThen in the last 21 lines,the poet delineates(描述描述)the images of“a tall bold slugger”,“a dog lapping for actions”and“a savage pitted against the wilderness”.vThey are all incarnations of power,strength,vitality and action.vSo,the use of these images further emphasizes the vigor of Chicago.vMoreover,the varied syntactic pattern(句法模式句法模式)and changeable rhythm also reveal the mobility(灵活性灵活性),energy,and vigor of Chicago.FogFogBy Carl SandburgFog 雾雾雾来了雾来了似小猫儿步履悄悄似小猫儿步履悄悄.它轻轻坐下它轻轻坐下静静地俯视着静静地俯视着港口与市镇港口与市镇然后又移动向前然后又移动向前.The fog comes on little cat feet.It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunchesand then moves on.Fogvamong the few exceptions that mark Sandburgs break from free verse poetry.va mere six lines longvwritten in verse-form van innocent expression of finding beauty in an ordinary worldSource:Fog,in Literature Resource Center,Gale Research,1999FormvAccording to criticism,“Carl Sandburg developed a unique and controversial form of free verse and simple style”.v“The Fog”is written in verse form,and although short,is a simple expression of an ordinary phenomenon in weather,fog.The themevThe poem compares the approach of fog with the entrance of a cat into the room.vFog,like the cats entrance,and departure is unpredictable.vOften fog can simply dissipate without notice.vIt is ghost-like in its appearance,one can walk through it,see through it.vFog puts a temporary veil on the horizon,it can be quite beautiful,especially when it rolls in low above the ground,almost like creeping,just like a cat creeps silently into a room.vSandburg celebrates the simplicity of fog,an everyday occurrence,and draws us closer to nature and appreciating our environment.vAnd,noticing and appreciating the simple things in life,such as fog.vbegins with the simple line:The fog comeson little cat feet.vThe narrator is comparing the movement of the fog to the silent,spry footsteps of a cat.vFog often arrives quickly,yet completely,as it covers a city or a harbor.