This document discusses the influences on and works of Carl Sandburg and Robert Frost. Carl Sandburg was influenced by the working and industrial life, as shown in his work Chicago. He was also influenced by balancing work and family, which led him to write two collections of children's poems. Robert Frost was influenced by his emotions and everyday events. He was also heavily influenced by nature due to being a farmer, as he grew up in a city. Both poets wrote basic poems influenced by their experiences.

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Century PoetryCentury Poetry
Alexander JacobsonAlexander Jacobson

2. LanguagesLanguages ByBy CarlCarl
SandburgSandburg
 Carl Sandburg was greatly influenced byCarl Sandburg was greatly influenced by
the working and industrial life. This isthe working and industrial life. This is
heavily shown inheavily shown in ChicagoChicago by Sandburg.by Sandburg.
 His work was also influenced by hisHis work was also influenced by his
family as well as work. He was often tornfamily as well as work. He was often torn
between the two. This caused Carl to bebetween the two. This caused Carl to be
overworked as well as exhausted fromoverworked as well as exhausted from
trying to keep up with his family.trying to keep up with his family.

3. Carl SandburgCarl Sandburg
 Due to the stress from work as well asDue to the stress from work as well as
his family, this led Carl to write twohis family, this led Carl to write two
children collections of poems.children collections of poems. EarlyEarly
Moon(1930)Moon(1930) andand Wind SongWind Song (1960)(1960)

4. Stopping by Woods on aStopping by Woods on a
Snowy EveningSnowy Evening by Robertby Robert
FrostFrost
 Robert FrostRobert Frost
was greatlywas greatly
influcencedinflucenced
by hisby his
emotionsemotions
as well asas well as
everyday eventseveryday events

5. Robert FrostRobert Frost
 Frost was heavily influenced by nature asFrost was heavily influenced by nature as
well as being a poultry farmer. This waswell as being a poultry farmer. This was
mostly likely due to the fact that he wasmostly likely due to the fact that he was
born in a city, and didn’t see much ofborn in a city, and didn’t see much of
nature until he moved when he wasnature until he moved when he was
older. He is most famous for his basicolder. He is most famous for his basic
poems about nature that get the pointpoems about nature that get the point
across.across.

6. Robert FrostRobert Frost
 Frost was heavily influenced by nature asFrost was heavily influenced by nature as
well as being a poultry farmer. This waswell as being a poultry farmer. This was
mostly likely due to the fact that he wasmostly likely due to the fact that he was
born in a city, and didn’t see much ofborn in a city, and didn’t see much of
nature until he moved when he wasnature until he moved when he was
older. He is most famous for his basicolder. He is most famous for his basic
poems about nature that get the pointpoems about nature that get the point
across.across.