Sketch - A poem by Carl Sandburg


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Carl Sandburg - Sketch

THE shadows of the ships
Rock on the crest
In the low blue lustre
Of the tardy and the soft inrolling tide.

A long brown bar at the dip of the sky
Puts an arm of sand in the span of salt.

The lucid and endless wrinkles
Draw in, lapse and withdraw.
Wavelets crumble and white spent bubbles
Wash on the floor of the beach.

Rocking on the crest
In the low blue lustre
Are the shadows of the ships.

Added: on March 1st, 2006 at 4:18 PM | Viewed: 7363 times | Comments and analysis of Sketch by Carl Sandburg Comments (3)

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Poet: Carl Sandburg Poem: 2. Sketch Volume: Chicago Poems - Chicago Poems Year: Published/Written in 1912 Poem of the Day: Sep 1 2000 Comment 3 of 3, added on February 26th, 2008 at 10:50 AM. It doesn't have a concept. It's just supposed to be beautiful! That's the whole entire point. Mariah Milosovich from United States Comment 2 of 3, added on January 29th, 2007 at 5:16 PM. i think that the meaning is about ships that have bottomed out because they got to close to the rocks and it has become a ship graveyard. it took me awhile to figure that out. brandon from United States Comment 1 of 3, added on March 1st, 2006 at 4:18 PM. I think that he poem showed alot of visuals but I did not understand the concept of the poem.I would like to hear what other people think about the poem. Thanks ~carla~ carla metting More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Sketch, has received 3 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Carl Sandburg with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Carl Sandburg Poem: 2. Sketch Volume: Chicago Poems - Chicago Poems Year: Published/Written in 1912 Last read: May 14 2008, 2:15PM Poem of the Day: Sep 1 2000 Viewed 7363 times. Added on March 1st, 2006 at 4:18 PM.

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