The American poet‚ E. E. Cummings wrote verses with an experimental style that presented romantic attitudes‚ and also dabbled in playwriting and painting. His poems crafted physical objects that show a fresh way of looking at reality. Cummings’ unique style of romantic transcendentalism is innovative‚ modern and visual. The visual aspect was unusual to other poets at the time he debuted. The way his poems are laid out on the paper are important‚ as was the unusual way he used punctuation and capitalization
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used unique spacing in their poems‚ but E. E. Cummings’ “in Just-” is definitely one of the more strangely structured. I find this structure interesting because the frequent use of line breaks and spaces often interrupt the rhythm of a poem‚ creating a start-and-stop reading that can turn a simple line into something confusing. Obviously the choice of this jolting rhythm is for a reason‚ but I felt that Cummings use of spacing was more intelligible than spacing in a poem like “The Red Wheelbarrow”
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little birds who are the secret of living¨-E.E Cummings. E.E cummings creates meaning in his poem by using visual techniques and auditory techniques. E.E was very creative as he used visual techniques and auditory techniques. In document A E.E Cummings uses visual techniques. In his poem called ¨L(a¨ the poem is in a shape of a L and the poem is talking about loneliness. Some people may also look at the poem and say it looks like a falling leaf. The poem could mean that the leaf falling alone means
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e e cummings e e cummings (no‚ this is not a typographical error‚ take note to the way he writes his name) was an unusual‚ yet highly acclaimed writer of the 20th century. His style of writing was much different than that of any other contemporary or even 18th and 19th century writers. Although difficult to understand at times‚ e e cummings is a very profound and inventive writer. e e cummings was born Edward Estlin Cummings on October 14‚ 1894 in Cambridge Massachusetts. His parents were
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Thanksgiving Prayer Edward Estlin Cummings‚ more commonly known as E.E. Cummings‚ was an American and one of the most popular poets of the 20th Century. However‚ he was not only a poet; he was a playwright‚ painter‚ essayist‚ and an author. Nevertheless‚ he was more renowned for his romantic themed poetry‚ which dealt with the themes of love and nature. As a poet‚ E.E. Cummings liked to go against the norm and play with syntax and sentence structure. Conversely‚ this made it hard for some readers
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To begin with‚ e.e cummings always wanted to be a poet. As a child his mother would read and write with him. E.E Cummings was a very creative child and had a lot of potential. Eventually‚ E.e Cummings grew up and started writing poems. Some of his poems ended up in an anthology named “eight Harvard poets”. Also‚ some other poems ended up getting published in “the dial”. An interesting quote that he wrote said “so far as I am concerned‚ poetry and every other art was‚ is‚ and forever will be strictly
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and conventions‚ Cummings emphasizes the importance of logic versus emotions through this style. In the poem‚ Cummings conveys his love and devotion to a woman of an unknown source by thus stating‚ “[they] are for each other.” Cummings expresses his beliefs that emotions are much more powerful and worth paying attention to rather than reasoning. The carefree feeling of being in love overpowers the brain’s tendency to overanalyze. Throughout the poem “since feeling is first‚” Cummings elucidates that
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Massachusetts in 1894: a boy is born that began writing poems when he was only ten years old. This boy was Edward Estlin Cummings. He earned two different degree levels from Harvard University just one year apart: a Bachelor’s of Art degree and a Master’s of Art degree (“E. E. Cummings”). Shortly after E. E. Cummings obtained his Master’s degree‚ he published some “poems in the anthology Eight Harvard Poets.” At this point in time‚ Cummings also became a volunteer ambulance driver for the United
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Edward Estlin Cummings once said‚ “The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.” (“E.+e.+cummings Quote Citation”). E. E. Cummings was a modernist era poet who looked at society through a somewhat satirical and sensual lens. His accomplishments include several volumes of literature‚ and 4 plays spanning from the 1920-50’s. Cummings spent his life writing and observing the world. He contributed his ideas that helped shape our literary world as the one it is today. The intrigue of his life‚ the
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Gerald Hopkins‚ E.E. Cummings‚ and Emily Dickinson all displayed the beauty of spring in multiple different ways. Hopkins used his poem “Spring” by displaying the rebirth of the environment. Cummings’ poem “in Just” shows the power of the God of nature. Dickinson’s poem “I taste a liquor never brewed” acknowledges her love of spring by comparing it to be intoxicating. The spring has many beautiful transitions. All throughout Hopkins’ poem he exhibited imagery. In the spring all the greenery returns
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