Carl Sandburg, in his poem Chicago, provides a dynamic and crude description with a certain tone of social criticism of the city of Chicago. Throughout the poem, the author makes use of literary devices, such as personification, apostrophe, simile, and repetition, giving the city a human representation with intense personality in a realistic manner. Furthermore, the contrast between positive and negative qualities makes his poetry direct and concise, singing the glories and sorrows of the city and its people. His poetry is rich in vocabulary and captures the reader's attention, allowing him to identify implicit messages within the poem. The poem begins with five short lines in which Sandburg uses personification to show the reader how important and powerful this city is. He begins to describe Chicago as a “pig butcher,” a “tool maker,” and a “grain stacker.” Listing important jobs in Chicago, imagine a tough, rugged city. Even more so, when he describes it as "Tempestous, raucous, quarrelsome" and "The city of big shoulders" (1-5). In the second stanza (6-14), Sandburg uses the apostrophe when he speaks directly to the town and begins to treat it like a person ("They tell me you are...") The use of this literary device gives the reader the impression that the city is quite alive and that it is a human being with its own personality. Throughout the poem, the reader can find, once again, several examples of personification that portrays the city in great detail: “Under the smoke, dust above. all the mouth, laughing with the teeth” (18) Other literary devices, such as similes and repetitions, are employed in the poem are present in lines 13 and 19. “Proud as a dog with its tongue lapping at the action, astute as a wild animal... middle of paper... mentions the good and bad things Even though the city is full of crime and prostitution, it never hides the harsher aspects of what the city is. It shows that the city is full of vigorous people and they constantly try to appear strong to other cities around them by being organized and working hard. Explaining the city as it is without disguising it also helped show his sincerity with the reader. Standburg's perspective and poetry are truly admirable in how he manages to realize that his city is not the best and has ups and downs. Despite this, he calls it "his city" and shows that he is proud of it, constituting a good example of a citizen since many times most people reject their city, looking forward to living elsewhere. Even though Chicago isn't the greatest city in the world, they still take pride in who they are and what they do.