Grass Analysis

"Grass" is written in free verse, which means that it doesn't have a regular rhyme scheme or meter. Carl wasn't interested in writing in forms like sonnets, villanelles, or even haikus. Our poet ai...

This poem is called "Grass," and hey—whaddaya know—it's spoken by the grass too. Our grass has got a distinctive voice and a pretty hardcore work ethic, so we're gonna go ahead and suggest that...

"Grass" mentions a number of famous battlefields across Europe—Austerlitz, Waterloo, Ypres, and Verdun—as well as Gettysburg, right in the great state of Pennsylvania. The thing that these once...

"Grass" is a short and pretty compact poem. You won't find a lot of alliteration or assonance hereabouts. Still, when you read it aloud, you definitely get the sense of momentum building. All of th...

This poem is called "Grass," and it's spoken by that very same green grass. For more on the type of speaker this grass makes, head on over to our "Speaker" section.But don't leave just yet. If you'...

Carl Sandburg loved being a plain-spoken dude. His goal was to speak directly to the people in a language that they could understand. As you may have noticed, our man Sandburg doesn't use long word...

We're not gonna lie: Sandburg was a master of writing clear, direct, unfussy, straight-to-the-point poems, and we totally love him for it. This poem's simplicity is what makes it so powerful—and...

Sandburg and his wife had a goat farm. No, we're not kidding. Yes, you can visit it. (Source.)Sandburg worked on his famous biography of Abraham Lincoln for over thirty years. And you thought writi...

"Grass" is about war, dead bodies, and memory, and the grass growing over once-bloody battlefields. If you're looking for something salacious, you're barking up the wrong poem.

Leaves of Grass (3, 10)Austerlitz (1)Waterloo (1)Gettysburg (4)Ypres (5)Verdun (5)