Pods
Pods - meaning Summary
Small Things and Larger Ties
The poem juxtaposes a simple rural image with industrial force. Pea pods clinging to stems are paralleled with Neponset clinging to a railway line. The arrival of roaring night trains—"midnight limiteds"—disturbs sleepers and slightly shakes the earth, unsettling the village. Sandburg compresses intimacy and mechanical power into a brief observation about how small, living communities are physically and metaphorically affected by modern transportation.
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