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Analysis questions for Carl Sandburg's "Chicago". #poetry #carlsandburg #chicago

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1
A reason for capitalizing the titles of the jobs is to
be grammatically correct
rhyme
emphasize the jobs' importance
make the words easier to read
2
“It is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again” serves the purpose of
Complaining about the injustice of the city
Showing the speaker doesn’t care about murders
Acknowledging the problems of the city
Lets the reader understand the poem better
3
“Laughing as a young man laughs” is
Slant rhyme
allusion
simile
Metaphor
4
In the poem, who are "They"?
Critics of Chicago
The police
Random people
The murderers
5
"Hog Butcher for the World…City of the Big Shoulders" indicates what feeling towards Chicago?
Boredom
Pride
Anger
Disgust
6
"Bareheaded/shoveling/wrecking/planning/building, breaking,rebuilding" Shows
The problems of Chicago
The power of the economy
The problems of the building techniques of the time
The power of the city
7
Why is the city laughing?
It is proud despite its problems
It is glad it is “crooked” and “brutal”
It just read Mark Twain and it is humoring its teacher
It is thinking of a joke it heard earlier