Monday, March 16, 2009

Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)

Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) was an American poet and two-time Pulitzer prize winner--once for his poetry and once for a biography of Lincoln.

For the GRE Literature exam, associate the following poems with Carl Sandburg. Read each poem at least once before the test.

1. "Chicago"
-epithet: "hog butcher for the world"
-looks more like a Ginsburg poem than a typical Frost poem
2. "Fog"