CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln.

Detailed explanation-2: -Carl Sandburg, (born Jan. 6, 1878, Galesburg, Ill., U.S.-died July 22, 1967, Flat Rock, N.C.), American poet, historian, novelist, and folklorist.

Detailed explanation-3: -Carl August Sandburg was born January 6, 1878, in a three-room cottage in Galesburg, Illinois, to August and Clara Sandburg, immigrants from Sweden who met and married in the United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sandburg composed his poetry primarily in free verse. Concerning rhyme versus non-rhyme Sandburg once said airily, “If it jells into free verse, all right.

Detailed explanation-5: -Carl Sandburg was a writer who celebrated the “American Spirit.” He wrote beautiful poetry about the simple things, such as life on the prairie, or the Chicago landscape, but also about more serious ones. He wrote to get American workers the rights that they deserved and worked hard for this cause.