E. E. Cummings was influenced by his personal life experiences, which is shown in his poetry. The first ever influence on E. E. Cummings’ career of poetry was his mother, who did very much to fall in love with the arts of literature. Later on, E. E. went on to Harvard, where he was unhappy of the ways they taught to write poetry. He entirely rejected their ideas and he continued to use free verse a symbolism (quite literally) in his poems. He was often criticized for not abiding by their rules, but this did not hamper his stubborn nature. Even more evidence of how his experiences compel him to write is shown during his jail time where he wrote his famous autobiographical novel. Though, his more romantic poems were based on his travels in Paris,
