Grass Themes

The vision of war painted by "Grass" doesn't include valor or heroism, supporting one's country, or fighting the good fight. Nope—none of that rah, rah stuff. Instead, in Sandburg's poem, we are...

In "Grass," the grass is all about its "work," which, as you know, is growing over the battlefields. In doing its job, then, the grass effectively erases the signs of the past. It grows over the ma...

In Sandburg's "Grass," we have a battle between man and nature. We have to admit, it's not the most exciting battle—no one's being chased by shark-nadoes or pursued by bears—but the battle is w...