Chicago By Carl Sandburg Literary Devices

Places ordinarily stay in your memory because the authors like to use detailed descriptions of certain locations/events to trigger our senses. To find out how authors use literary devices to help places live on in our memory we will look at some short stories and poems to see examples. The poems have been broken down in different ways than what some other people may have. American authors make certain places live on in our memory through the use of tone, dialogue, and imagery.
The poem “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg is very memorable. Personification is used in “Chicago '' to make the city seem better. Sandburg states “the terrible burden of destiny laughing”: This is an example of personification because Destiny cannot laugh. The use of repetition in this short poem gives us the idea of a person listing things off a list. Imagery in “Chicago” is used by engraving certain parts of the story as pictures, Authors use this a lot in books so that readers are more interested in the story and are entertained, Imagery can even be seen in the Bible quite often. “Painted women under the gas lamps” makes me imagine a lady wearing a lot of make-up under

“a machinery for eating and grunting” The quote is significant because it is talking about a machine, most likely cars, that are loud and use natural resources. The author likes to use repetition in this poem to make parts of the story stick in your memory by constantly repeating the same words over and over again. This is practiced in real life even, whether it could be in the form of a school subject or even certain rules. The phrase “there is…in me” being repeated so many times can make some of the sentences stick in your memory. Imagery in “Wilderness” is used to help you envision many parts of the poem for a better understanding. “I blew waterspouts with porpoises” is an example of imagery because it makes me imagine a whale blowing water from its