In this excerpt from Carl Sandburg’s “Chicago,” which phrase connotes a feeling of pride? And having answered so I turn once mor
e to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them: Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning. Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities;
<em>"Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud..."</em>
Explanation:
"Chicago" (1914) is a poem written by Carl Sandburg (1878 – 1967), an American poet. It is about the U.S. city of Chicago.
The poem's fifth line calls Chicago "City of the Big Shoulders", which has been adopted as one Chicago's many nicknames.
Throughout the whole poem and these lines the poet has a very proud tone. When selecting from the provided lines, the pride is most clearly connoted by the use of words, <em>"Come and show me"</em> and <em>"lifted head singing so proud".</em>
Gandhi was very strong and passionate about his beliefs towards non-violence, human rights, and personal and political freedom which he conveyed with his tone extremely persuasively and effectively.
