Ee Cummings The Artist Analysis

The Artist
E.E. Cummings is a brilliant poet that creatively uses words and phrases to make his poetry entertaining and lively to read. Cummings’s poetry is very unique to me because his work tends to deviate from the typical poem through the punctualization and grammar. The words of his poems are sometimes spelled incorrectly and organized strangely. Sometimes he has multiple phrases stuck together and other times he separates one word into several lines. This type of writing catches the eye of the reader and it makes them pay attention to the details of the poem’s structure. His way of arranging words and phrases help us understand the meaning of his poetry better. A poem that demonstrates his distinct style of writing would be, “one winter …show more content…
This time, the word, “him self”, is separated into two words and is even moved down to the next line. Setting apart the word creates the feeling of loneliness from the clown and shows how lonely he really is, his “self” being separated from any other words. For those who have experienced loneliness at some point of their life, they will find this poem engaging because the way it captures the atmosphere of being alone. The audience can sympathize with the clown and feel a sense of connection with him simply through words. The small description of the clown that tells how he was ignored by most people exhibits a human feeling that can apply to anyone. The way he describes the clown saying that he was, “with not merely a mind and a heart but unquestionably a soul–” gives the character human traits and we can grasp a better understanding of who he is. Cummings’s choice of vocabulary is able to convince the reader that the clown character is alive, expressing normal human experiences. We can appreciate the poem more because we are able to connect to a character that is similar to