The Grass
This poem is spoken by the grass, and it's all about the job that the grass does—and this job is growing. But the grass is a symbol of so much more. It represents new life after the death on the...
Repetition
For such a short poem, "Grass" sure does repeat itself a lot. Sandburg repeats several lines and phrases over the course of the poem's 11 lines, and we can't help but wonder: why, Sandburg, why? We...