Window

Window - context Summary

Published in 1916

Published in Carl Sandburg’s 1916 collection Chicago Poems, "Window" appears amid his early urban-focused work. The short lyric encapsulates a moment of railroad travel: a nocturnal landscape perceived from a moving car, rendered as a single dark mass interrupted by bright interruptions. Its placement in Chicago Poems links the image to Sandburg’s interest in modern life, motion, and the fractured perceptions of city and industrial experience.