Question

Poem: Under A Telephone Pole

I am a copper wire slung in the air,
Slim against the sun I make not even one clear line of shadow.

-Explain the imagery in the first two lines of the poem

Answer 1

Answer:

Sandburg contrasts the surreal phenomenon of voices travelling through the copper wire with the telephone line’s seemingly insignificant and slight presence: ‘slung in the air.’ Perhaps most significant though is the extended metaphor that connects the telephone wire’s work with that of a soldier or messenger whose role is to carry important messages between people.

Answer 2

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