The subject of this poem is "Under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young man laughs,/ Laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has never lost a battle." The poet believes allegatio
The subject of this poem is "Under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young man laughs,/ Laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has never lost a battle." The poet believes allegations of wickedness, having "seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys." Focusing on the "Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat…City of the Big Shoulders," FTP name this Carl Sandburg poem about the "Hog Butcher for the World."
The subject of this poem is "Under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young man laughs,/ Laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has never lost a battle."
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