Question

What element of literary nonsense is present in the following excerpt from Carl Sandburg's "How the Animals Lost Their Tails and Got Them Back Traveling from Philadelphia to Medicine Hat"?

Answer 1

Answer:

The literary nonsense created by Sandburg is the combination of real places and imaginary animals.

Explanation:

'How The Animals Lost Their Tails and Got Them Back Traveling from Philadelphia to Medicine Hat' is a short story written by Carl Sandburg. The story narrates how animals lost their tales and then later got them back. It is a quest archetype story in which animals are on quest to find their tails.

The term literary nonsene can be defined as a combination of two elements, one that makes sense and the other that does not make any sense. This type of literary form uses both sensical and nonsensical elements to bring out sense.

In the given excerpt, Carl Sandburg has combined the elements of real places and imaginary animals to create literary nonsense. The execerpt consists of imaginary animal named flongboo who has yellow torch in his tail. The animal lived in Massachusetts, which is a real place.

So, the correct answer is combination of real places and imaginary animals.