Poetry Monday: Summer Stars by Carl Sandburg
Today’s poem is “Summer Stars” by Carl Sandburg.
Bend low again, night of summer stars.
So near you are, sky of summer stars,
So near, a long arm man can pick off stars,
Pick off what he wants in the sky bowl,
So near you are, summer stars,
So near, strumming, strumming,
So lazy and hum-strumming.
Now try reading the poem again, this time aloud. What do you notice?
Sandburg uses a literary device called alliteration in this poem.
Alliteration is the repeated use of the same sound at the beginning of words. In this case, he uses the “s” sound over and over.
Why do you think Sandburg chose to use this technique in the poem? What effect does it have? How does the poem make you feel?
