A Chicago Poem by Carl Sandburg interpretation...?

Question

A Fence

Now the stone house on the lake front is finished and the workmen
are beginning the fence.
The palings are made of iron bars with steel points that can stab the
life out of any man who falls on them.
As a fence, it is a masterpiece, and will shut off the rabble and all
vagabonds and hungry men and all wandering children look-
ing for a place to play.
Passing through the bars and over the steel points will go nothing
except Death and the Rain and To-morrow.

(how does this poem portray modernism?)

Answer 1

Even more to the point, how does this "poem" portray poetry?

Answer 2

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I believe I have already answered on this peom with aslight difference at the end. Normally a poem is never immediately popular unless it is used in a drama or a popular song. It has a natural flow . It is the last and third line that gives a different ring to the poem ,- Death, rain and tomorrow. I wish I took some time to feel and express the inner significance and the symbolism that probably is behind them.

Answer 3

This poem may have double -meaning .

On th esurface it is a just a fence to keep th evagabonds and the unwanted people out physically is the one interpretation.

but inwardly it seens to suggest that mentally and probably spiritually let us keep the inner temple clean and build a fence around our inner self. It is a mystic poem par excellence !