The narrator of this poem tells its subject that, "they tell me you are wicked and I believe them," but that "I give them back the sneer." The subject of this poem is described as "fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action" and "laughing the sto
The narrator of this poem tells its subject that, "they tell me you are wicked and I believe them," but that "I give them back the sneer." The subject of this poem is described as "fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action" and "laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of Youth." This poem's subject is proud to have such appellations as Tool Maker, Player with Railroads, and Stacker of Wheat. For 10 points, "Hog Butcher for the world" is the first appellation bestowed upon the subject of what Carl Sandburg poem about a Midwestern city?
The narrator of this poem tells its subject that, "they tell me you are wicked and I believe them," but that "I give them back the sneer.
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