Summary:
In his poem "Grass," Carl Sandburg emphasizes the need to remember the people who have died in war for the cause of freedom and chastizes those who go about their daily lives taking their freedom for granted. The straightforward statements in the poem portray the author's disappointment of those who would forget, and Sandburg implores the reader to remember those lives lost in conflict.
In Carl Sandburg's poem, "Grass", the message of "Remembering the people that died for freedom" is distinctly portrayed. This poem is about people fighting and dying in wars for their independence and about the poet's desire to keep these important events remembered for generations to come. As the poet, who is the grass, covers the dead bodies, the future generations take it for granted that they have the liberty for free and fear of wars is not warranted. In the battle of Gettysburg, hundreds of thousands of Americans died in the most gruesome civil conflict our nation ever faced. His blank statements obviously portray the disappointment of the author that people forget the lives that were lost to give others freedom.
Towards the beginning of the poem, Carl Sandburg illustrates his negative feelings towards the.....
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