Conrad
Chicago
Chicago is as poem that captures how the cities of America are in that time
period. He addresses the city as "you", as if it were a living person and all of the people
that make things happen in the city are the organs of that person. The poem has a positive
outlook on the city of Chicago. It details the flaws and shortcomings of the city. He talks
of painted women on the streets luring the farm boys, which would be women with
make-up applied heavily working the streets. He says that they tell him the city is brutal,
crooked, and wicked
and that he believes them. The poem also translates into how living in the city is toilsome
and that the city is unrelenting. On the other hand it shows how the city can be
prosperous and happy with the city's disadvantages. in the second half of the poem it's
telling how nomatter what is wrong with the city, the people are still proud of who they
are.
The theme of "Chicago" is how life in the city really is. The......
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