In this excerpt from Carl Sandburg's "Chicago," which phrase connotes a feeling of pride? And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them: Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning. Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities;

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2 November, 14:40

In this excerpt from Carl Sandburg's "Chicago," which phrase connotes a feeling of pride? And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them: Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning. Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities;

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Dax · Answer 1

got to be sining

Abel Bates · Answer 2

"Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud ... "

Explanation:

"Chicago" (1914) is a poem written by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), an American poet. It is about the U. S. city of Chicago.

The poem's fifth line calls Chicago "City of the Big Shoulders", which has been adopted as one Chicago's many nicknames.

Throughout the whole poem and these lines the poet has a very proud tone. When selecting from the provided lines, the pride is most clearly connoted by the use of words, "Come and show me" and "lifted head singing so proud".