Sandburg, Carl - Mamie

Seminar paper from the year 1992 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1 (A), University of Freiburg, course: English Literature, language: English, abstract: The subject of this term paper will be the poem "e;Mamie"e; by Carl Sandburg. He can be regarded as one of the well-known poets of 20th century American literature. Unfortunately, many people only read his famous poem "e;Chicago"e; in which the young Sandburg tells us about the Illinois Capital to show different aspects of the industrial revolution and human labour. When I opened the great book Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg, I found "e;Mamie"e;1 and was immediately struck by its energy and sadness. I decided to take a closer look at it and interpret the poem in this term-paper. In the first part I will give some general information about this poem and make a short summary. While analyzing the outer and inner structure of the poem I want to show similarities between its contents and Sandburgs own life. After examining the language I will show that Mamie is a typical American poem and that it contains socialist ideas.