Carl Sandburg Research Paper

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Carl Sandburg was born to Swedish immigrants in Galesburg, Illinois on January 6, 1887 (Poets). At a young age, Sandburg developed an interest in reading and writing. However, he was forced to leave school at age thirteen to help support the family income (Poets). Sandburg grew up working tough jobs such as driving a milk wagon, working in a barber shop, and being an apprentice tinsmith (Poets). He would later utilize the images and experiences he was exposed to to create verses and poems that reflected the daily life among the working class. After spending three months traveling through Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado working through several jobs, Sandburg volunteered for service in the Spanish-American War in 1898, and served in Puerto …show more content…

Wright saw immense talent in Sandburg’s writing that he began to publish some of his works like In Reckless Ecstasy, Incidentals, and The Plaint of a Rose (Biography). First in Wisconsin and later in Chicago, Sandburg worked as a reporter for a number of newspapers, including the Milwaukee Daily News, in which appeared a handful of his early poems (Carl). Sandburg soon gained recognition when Harriet Monroe, an editor a poetry magazine, published six of his poems in 1914 (Poets). During this time Sandburg gained a number of literary friendships and received the attention of Chicago Poems. This work and a few collections that succeeded over of the following two decades contributed to Sandburg's rise to popular esteem, making him one of the most recognized American poets of the first half of the twentieth century. After marrying Lilian Steichen in 1908, Sandburg moved to Chicago to serve as a reporter and later, a columnist for the Chicago Daily News, where he would publish his poems (Poets). During his position at the news company, Sandburg received a great amount of recognition as his poems about life's wonders captivated many

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