'If I Am Fire' By Carl Sandburg
If I am Fire by Carl Sandburg “If I am Fire, Then your arms are the hearth that contains me. If I am a constellation, then you are the sky that holds me up. If I am wanderlust, Then you are the destinations that I seek. If I am chaos, then you are the storm inside me.” To summarize this poem “If I am fire” by the author Carl Sandburg is about how this person that he loves and adores most and that she’s the one who makes him happy inside and out. Every time she/he thinks of them goes crazy for eachother. I like this poem because it talks about this person talking about their boyfriend/ Girlfriend and how they both love each other and that they are perfect together. Also they both make each other happy. When I was reading this poem, I found
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One day in life we are going to experience that special person we love for eternity and that together we can conquer anything that comes after us. There are no words to describe our Boyfriend/Girlfriend. They also make us happy and still continue on the relationship with nothing to worry about. The second poem “Fog” by Carl Sandburg relates to coming of age because how the cats resembles fog and that some people did not witness fog before. Some people where they were living have fog so they basically grew up having that. Also seeing cats wander around the streets. The last poem “Primer Lesson” by Carl Sandburg relates to coming of age because as we get older and start to learn new words/vocabulary, we get to process these words in our minds. Some people decide to choose these powerful words to hurt someone. As they use these powerful words, they can’t be used again. It’s like a privilege you have to earn it but if you use them to hurt someone or use them inappropriately then they can’t be used no more. From reading Carl Sandburg’s poems, students my grade gets that Carl Sandburg writes about life lessons and what might we have to go through in life. Some of the poems that I witnessed written by Carl Sandburg talked about places around the world, our soldiers, and most important life
One day in life we are going to experience that special person we love for eternity and that together we can conquer anything that comes after us. There are no words to describe our Boyfriend/Girlfriend. They also make us happy and still continue on the relationship with nothing to worry about. The second poem “Fog” by Carl Sandburg relates to coming of age because how the cats resembles fog and that some people did not witness fog before. Some people where they were living have fog so they basically grew up having that. Also seeing cats wander around the streets. The last poem “Primer Lesson” by Carl Sandburg relates to coming of age because as we get older and start to learn new words/vocabulary, we get to process these words in our minds. Some people decide to choose these powerful words to hurt someone. As they use these powerful words, they can’t be used again. It’s like a privilege you have to earn it but if you use them to hurt someone or use them inappropriately then they can’t be used no more. From reading Carl Sandburg’s poems, students my grade gets that Carl Sandburg writes about life lessons and what might we have to go through in life. Some of the poems that I witnessed written by Carl Sandburg talked about places around the world, our soldiers, and most important life