Why is E.E. cummings so interesting? Can it be because of his different way of writing? E.E. cummings was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1894, he studied at Harvard University. When he went to Paris to join a World War 1 ambulance corps, he saw one of Picasso's shows, after seeing the show, he got interested in poetry and cubism. How does E.E. cummings use vision and hearing to create meaning? E.E. cummings creates meaning in his poetry by using visual techniques and auditory techniques. To begin with, visual techniques were one way E.E. cummings created meaning in his poetry. For example, in this poem “I(a” the poems look like letters are falling.(Doc A) The poem also looks like the number 1. This shows the reader what the poem might be about.(Doc A) The reader might think that the poem might be that something is falling or that someone is lonely. Another example is in document B “r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r” the poem looks like a grasshopper's leg. (Doc B) The words from the poem look like they are leaping from one word to the other. This can help the reader understand the poem because the reader can tell that the poem might be about grasshoppers or something leaping from one thing to the other. The evidence supports the baby thesis because it
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cummings also used auditory techniques to create meaning. For example, in “In just-” E.E. cummings used assonance in his poetry to emphasize some words such as “mud-luscious” and “puddle-wonderful.” Cummings probably emphasized these words to make the reader try to figure out how these words relate to the poem. Another example is in “ O the sun comes up-up-up in the opening” Cummings used onomatopoeia. Some example of onomatopoeia he used is “scratch-scratch and scritch.” E.E. cumming also used alliteration, such as “ree ray rye roh rowster” and “champy chump chomps.” This evidence supports the thesis because it shows how E.E. cummings used alliteration, assonance, and onomatopoeia to create
cummings also used auditory techniques to create meaning. For example, in “In just-” E.E. cummings used assonance in his poetry to emphasize some words such as “mud-luscious” and “puddle-wonderful.” Cummings probably emphasized these words to make the reader try to figure out how these words relate to the poem. Another example is in “ O the sun comes up-up-up in the opening” Cummings used onomatopoeia. Some example of onomatopoeia he used is “scratch-scratch and scritch.” E.E. cumming also used alliteration, such as “ree ray rye roh rowster” and “champy chump chomps.” This evidence supports the thesis because it shows how E.E. cummings used alliteration, assonance, and onomatopoeia to create