E.E. Cummings vs Carl Sandburg

Cummings is a twentieth century poet, as is Sandburg. Both had their first books of poetry published near the 1920’s (Cummings, with Tulips and Chimneys in 1923 and Sandburg with Chicago Poems in 1916).

Cummings became very popular with his books, Tulips and Chimneys and The Enormous Room (1922). The Enormous Room is a witty account of his experiences in a French detention camp. This book contained Cummings first attempt of literary attacks on authoritarianism. Tulips and Chimneys was Cummings first book of poetry and it was extremely popular.

Sandburg is a very structured poet, who uses vivid language, imagery, metaphors, personification, similes, and free verse. In Chicago, Sandburg employs many metaphors and personification. Sandburg had many poets/writer whom he admired. He often tried to reflect their writing in his own. Some of these writers/poets are Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Browning, and Elbert Hubbard. Sandburg tended to write about things going on in his life, sorted his poems into themes, of sorts. His collection of poetry called Chicago Poems is about his time in Chicago. The actual poem titled Chicago, is about the actual city of Chicago. It seems so impersonal, cold really, but it is in fact something (somewhere) he cared for very mu

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