Anyone Lived In A Pretty How Town Summary

Poem: “anyone lived in a pretty how town” by E.E. Cummings
Introduction and Thesis: Living in the adult world is often considered to be monotonous and mundane. It becomes easy to adopt to this orthodox lifestyle, and becomes difficult to escape from it. However, this conventional tradition is considered to be dangerous. This is shown in E.E. Cummings’s poem, “anyone lived in a pretty how town.” Cummings uses figurative languages such as symbolism, repetition, and paradox in order to underscore the theme of conventional society.
Paragraph One:
 Topic Sentence: One way the conventional society is conveyed through the use of symbolism.
 Evidence: This is evident when the snow reappears again: “- (and only the snow can begin to explain how children are apt to forget to remember)”
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The snow represents the end of the children’s innocence as the time passes by as snow represents coldness and death. Before, these children grew up, they were considered to be innocent according to the eyes of the narrator. Due to their innocence, they were able to see the love between noone and anyone. However, as the time passes by and the children grew up, their ability to see their love fades away. Their mindsets changed similar to everyones, who follows the society’s conventional activities and ignores the happiness of anyone and noones achievements. Thus, through the use of symbolism, the theme of conventional society is demonstrated.
Paragraph Two:
 Topic Sentence: In addition to symbolism, repetition also emphasizes the conventional, traditional society.
 Evidence: This is evident in the seasons of the year: “spring summer autumn winter,” “autumn winter spring summer,” “summer autumn winter