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Comment 10 of 20, added on May 6th, 2009 at 12:22 AM.
Through "I am the People, The mob", Carl Sandburg has victoriously
presented his firm belief in the justification for the average American
worker. This poem is a significant example of how Sandburg felt about
people's rights as a whole, and it thoroughly expresses what will come of
"The mob--the crowd--the mass"(Sandburg 1900) if it were to get disturbed.
Alicia Tucker from United States
Comment 9 of 20, added on May 6th, 2009 at 12:06 AM.
Through "I am the People, The mob", Carl Sandburg has victoriously
presented his firm belief in the justification for the average American
worker. This poem is a significant example of how Sandburg felt about
people's rights as a whole, and it thoroughly expresses what will come of
"The mob--the crowd--the mass"(Sandburg 1900) if it were to get disturbed.
Alicia Tucker from United States
Comment 8 of 20, added on May 5th, 2009 at 8:28 PM.
Carl Sandburg wrote a whole biography about Abraham Lincoln, and now he is
also mentioning Abe in this poem. The author was known as "a spokesperson
for the laborers of America" and this poem shows it; he is speaking for the
people of the world. He saw how life was on the less prosperous side and
showed that in his poetry. There is refrain in the first and last line of
the poem but otherwise it is mainly done in free verse.
Shawnee Self from United States
Comment 7 of 20, added on May 5th, 2009 at 5:46 PM.
In the poem "I Am The People, The Mob," Carl Sandburg talks about the mass
of the poeple. The people who make everything and witness everything in
history. Carl Sandburg was once a hobo so he saw first hand contrast
between rich and poor. He was also concerned with the plight of American
workers. Sandburg uses a metaphor to compare the mob to the poeple. We
learn history in school because historical events can reoccur. Sandburg
says that the people forget the past.
Brian Nakamura from United States
Comment 6 of 20, added on May 4th, 2009 at 10:25 PM.
In "I Am The People, The Mob" Carl Sandburg wrote as the mob, that is all
of the people living in the world, to represent the transcendental idea of
oversoul. He wrote that the mob, the general public, forgets the past with
each new generation. Furthermore, he wrote that when, "the People, learn to
remember ... The mob--the crowd--the mass--will arrive then" (Sandburg
14-20). Through this statement the reader understands that remembering the
past will allow all people living in the world to think as one; in other
words oversoul will be achieved. For this reason, it is assumed that Carl
Sandburg wrote "I Am The People, The Mob" to convey the transcendental idea
of oversoul.
Jonathon Berschauer
Comment 5 of 20, added on May 4th, 2009 at 9:14 PM.
Carl Sandburg wrote of the common people around him since they are the
people he could relate to the most. Sandburg displays the way that the
common man is viewed in society and he did so using the form “cataloging.”
The way how Sandburg uses cataloging is very similar to Walt Whitman’s
style in his poems, such as “I hear America Singing.” Both Sandburg and
Whitman also felt they needed to give something back to the working class
men that they worked besides during their days. Not only do both Sandburg
and Whitman share this but they also wrote about Abraham Lincoln. They used
their talents to portray how great they viewed man. Whitman was born sixty
years before Sandburg, which makes Sandburg a classic writer, and leaving
this poem another masterpiece in America’s history.
Phelps, Riley from United States
Comment 4 of 20, added on May 3rd, 2009 at 9:57 PM.
Carl Sandburg's poem of I Am The People, The Mob shows how the human race
lives, dies, breathes, grows, and changes only to forget what it was and
what it has done. This style of metaphorically referring to the human race
as one entity to symbolize what were are to the world and to each other.
This is shows that we may be great and do so much but over time no one will
remember it.
Jonathan Cravens from United States
Comment 3 of 20, added on April 12th, 2006 at 1:44 PM.
I believe that Carl Sandburg has a way of getting on a lower level and
feeling the people and their beliefs. He saw real people and showed them
for who they were.
sydney Elizabeth from United States
Comment 2 of 20, added on February 20th, 2006 at 2:40 PM.
I rather think he is referring more to events like mob uprisings, such as
the Haymarket Riots, or, considering the time frame, the Russian
revolution, where people took politics into their own hands, fought for
change, either won or lost, and then descended back into the faceless,
sheeplike mob.
J.B. Lee from United States
Comment 1 of 20, added on February 16th, 2006 at 2:51 PM.
From what I understand, I believe that it is portrayed that the earth is
the narrator and "spatter a few red drops for history to remember" could be
a volcano.
Courtney from United States
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Through "I am the People, The mob", Carl Sandburg has victoriously
presented his firm belief in the justification for the average American
worker. This poem is a significant example of how Sandburg felt about
people's rights as a whole, and it thoroughly expresses what will come of
"The mob--the crowd--the mass"(Sandburg 1900) if it were to get disturbed.
Alicia Tucker from United States