Letter S
Letter S - meaning Summary
Sunset Shapes the River
The poem offers a brief, vivid image of an Illinois river turned molten gold by sunset. Sandburg compares the sunset’s effect to a woman mixing a wedding cake, linking ordinary domestic labor to a natural transformation. The river’s bend becomes a letter S that seems to address the sky, turning a simple landscape into a moment of quiet personified wonder and visual music.
Read Complete AnalysesTHE RIVER is gold under a sunset of Illinois. It is a molten gold someone pours and changes. A woman mixing a wedding cake of butter and eggs Knows what the sunset is pouring on the river here. The river twists in a letter S. A gold S now speaks to the Illinois sky.
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