Pencils

This poem by Carl Sandburg is very direct; right away it gives the message of the poem. During the poem Carl is comparing life and death to writing. Through his poem he is trying to say that he has never seen the world come to an end, nor has he seen the procreation of men stop. As long as the world continues there always be those who write. Until the world comes to a complete stop there will be new stories told and new pieces of literature to read from. The "stars never stop moving" is a form of symbolism because in the same way that they are constantly on the move in this same way pencils are constantly writing. There are always new stories that need to be told. Men are filled with vast imaginations and because of this we always have novels to write.