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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JAWS, by CARL SANDBURG Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Seven nations stood with their hands on the jaws of
Last Line: "o hell!"
Subject(s): World War I; First World War
First Line: Seven nations stood with their hands on the jaws of
Last Line: "o hell!"
Subject(s): World War I; First World War
SEVEN nations stood with their hands on the jaws of death.
It was the first week in August, Nineteen Hundred Four-teen.
I was listening, you were listening, the whole world was listening,
And all of us heard a Voice murmuring:
"I am the way and the light,
He that believeth on me
Shall not perish
But shall have everlasting life."
Seven nations listening heard the Voice and answered:
"O Hell!"
The jaws of death began clicking and they go on clicking:
"O Hell!"
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