Chicago Poems

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book poetry collection

Chicago Poems is a 1916 poetry collection by Carl Sandburg that vividly portrays urban life, working-class struggles, and the spirit of early 20th-century Chicago.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
associatedWithCity Chicago ⓘ
author Carl Sandburg ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception praised for realistic depiction of urban working class ⓘ
depicts immigrant workers ⓘ
laborers ⓘ
meatpacking industry ⓘ
railroads ⓘ
stockyards ⓘ
firstEditionPlace New York City ⓘ
followsInAuthorBibliography In Reckless Ecstasy ⓘ
form free verse ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfPoems ~80 ⓘ
influenced American urban poetry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Modernism ⓘ
mainTitlePoem Chicago ⓘ
notablePoem Chicago ⓘ
Child of the Romans ⓘ
Fog ⓘ
Grass ⓘ
Happiness ⓘ
Limited ⓘ
Mag ⓘ
The Harbor ⓘ
The Road and the End ⓘ
The Shovel Man ⓘ
They Will Say ⓘ
portrays early 20th-century Chicago ⓘ
precedesInAuthorBibliography Cornhuskers ⓘ
publicationYear 1916 ⓘ
publisher Henry Holt and Company ⓘ
setting Chicago ⓘ
style colloquial speech rhythms ⓘ
imagistic description ⓘ
plain language ⓘ
subject Chicago ⓘ
urban life ⓘ
working-class struggles ⓘ
theme American city life ⓘ
industrialization ⓘ
labor ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ
urban poverty ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted early 20th century ⓘ

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Carl → notableWork → Chicago Poems ⓘ
subject surface form: Carl Sandburg
Cornhuskers → follows → Chicago Poems ⓘ