Tone And Figurative Language In Carl Sandburg's Grass

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Sometimes we push the past behind us. Carl Sandburg’s poem “ Grass” explores this idea by telling us how we forget about the past from the perspective of the grass. The poem’s tone and figurative language causes the reader to have an eye-opening feeling. The tone of the poem is direct and unsympathetic. The grass being unsympathetic towards the bodies aimlessly contributes to the aesthetic impact. Sandburg’s diction adds to the aesthetic impact; the short and direct lines in the poem conveys insensitivity. Word choice adds to the aesthetic impact: Sandburg uses words such as “ pile” and “shovel” making the bodies seem like senseless objects. He also has the speaker continuously say “ let me work” which makes it seem very detached. Sandburg

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