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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHICKS, by CARL SANDBURG Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The chick in the egg picks at the shell Last Line: Star. Subject(s): Chickens | |||
THE chick in the egg picks at the shell, cracks open one oval world, and enters another oval world. "Cheep ... cheep ... cheep" is the salutation of the newcomer, the emigrant, the casual at the gates of the new world. "Cheep ... cheep" ... from oval to oval, sunset to sunset, star to star. It is at the door of this house, this teeny weeny eggshell exit, it is here men say a riddle and jeer each other: who are you? where do you go from here? (In the academies many books, at the circus many sacks of peanuts, at the club rooms many cigar butts.) "Cheep ... cheep" ... from oval to oval, sunset to sunset, star to star. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BOY AND EGG by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE THE CHICKEN CLUB by JACK PRELUTSKY COCKFIGHT IN A LOXAHATCHEE GROVE by DAVID BOTTOMS A VERMONT CHICKEN BUYER by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY THE CHICKEN'S MISTAKE by PHOEBE CARY LINES TO A PERFECT SHE by ROBERT EMMET |
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