The poetry of e.e. cummings is marked by its distinctive quality of being contemporary, while maintaining a traditional appeal. By doing this, cummings writes poetry that has an appeal to many readers. The same is true for his poem, “i like my body when it is with your body.” The poem utilizes a passion that ...
Massachusetts has one thing most other states don’t. It’s a state heroine, and her name is Deborah Sampson (1760-1827). She was a schoolmarm and lecturer turned Revolutionary war heroine. According to masshome.com, the state also claims an official vessel (the schooner Ernestina), an official poem (“Blue Hills of Massachusetts” by Katherine E. Mullen) and a ...
E.E. Cummings’ “Buffalo Bill’s” is an excellent example of the renowned writer’s penchant for avant-garde formatting and syntactical experimentation. If we are to look at the poem from an interpretive standpoint, we immediately find our work cut out for us. Buffalo Bill’s defunct Thankfully, we’re not looking to “interpret” anything here, so we can forgo ...
Edward Estlin Cummings is probably one of the best known experimental poetry authors of all time. He wrote with a bizarre style and a complete disregard for the rules of conventional poetry, and English in general. This is what draws most people to his poetry. But poetry was not all that he did in his ...
Graduations mark the end of one chapter and the beginning of a next. Graduates often seek out words of wisdom, inspiration, and motivation to ease their anxieties of starting a new and often scary journey. Quotes are a wonderful source of the encouragement that they need. Quotes have been very helpful for me as well. ...
When it comes to readings for your wedding, most people turn to traditional sources. And while there’s nothing wrong with Shakespeare or Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “Sonnets From The Portuguese,” there are other poets worth looking into. Eliza Acton Victorian Eliza Acton has fallen into obscurity, and not just as a poet: she was once the ...
Because wedding ceremonies just aren’t long enough, they now have bells and whistles added, including poetry readings. This can be done at the reception in the place of speeches or during the wedding ceremony itself. It used to be something just the bride and the groom did, but now even the cake decorator does a ...
Writing a commencement speech can be really difficult. There are so many things to consider, so many things to say. Giving a speech in front of your entire graduating class, the school faculty, family and friends is nerve-wracking. Your graduation speech is meant to inspire and motivate your classmates. A great way to start a ...
Cummings’ poems are noted for their singular use of diction. Cummings’ “Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town” is penned in iambic metre with rhyme and slant rhyme. “Anyone” appears to be the protagonist of the poem. The attribution of a pronoun to address the protagonist points to his anonymity and lack of individuality. It ...
I personally liked e.e. Cummings’ poetry. Now, to talk about the specific poem that we read in class entitled by the anthologists as “In Just.” The style that Cummings uses should appeal to anyone who doesn’t care about formalities within the structure of poetry, nor does he really focus that on grammar or spacing within ...