Give me hunger, pain and want, Shut me out with shame and failure From your doors of gold and fame, Give me your shabbiest, weariest hunger! But leave me a little love.
Carl SandburgRead
I remember the Chillicothe ballplayers grappling the Long Island ball players in a sixteen-inning game ended by darkness. And the shoulders of the Chillicothe players were a red smoke against the sundown and the shoulders of the Rock Island players were a yellow smoke against the sundown. And the umpire's voice was hoarse calling balls and strikes and outs and the umpire's throat fought in the dust for a song.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote captures the intensity and beauty of a baseball game, illustrating the clash of teams and the struggle for victory under the fading light.
In this quote, Carl Sandburg vividly describes a dramatic baseball game between two teams, emphasizing the physicality and emotional charged atmosphere of the sport. The imagery of different colored smokes representing the players against the colorful sundown evokes a sense of nostalgia and the fleeting nature of both time and athletic competition.
Themes
BaseballCompetitionTeamworkArtStruggle
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about the importance of sportsmanship, one could use this quote to highlight the beauty of competition.
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