E.E. Cummings
Born in October of 1894, Edward Estlin Cummings began writing poetry as the very early age of 10. With the support of his very liberal parents, e.e. was encouraged to develop his writing and explore his creative gifts. (Nicholas Everett, Modern American Poetry, 1994) Among writing poetry, Cummings was an avid painter, studying art in Paris after the First World War. Cummings was married three times, his first marriage ended in divorce and his former wife took their young daughter with her to Ireland, barring him from visiting. Cummings second marriage, also ended in divorce after only four years. The attitude and tone of his writings noticeably changed after the failure of his marriages. In 1934 Cummings met his third wife, model …show more content…
However, frail by Merriam-Webster definition; having less than normal amount of strength or force; very weak. (Merriam-Webster) Cummings uses irony to define just how intense his feelings are for her, and the incredible power she has over the speaker. As the fourth stanza closes, Cummings uses alliteration, compels, colour, and countries. Again, the speaker portrays his lover as powerful, possibly immortal; “rendering death and forever with each breathing”. (Cummings) Rendering death seems to be an act that gods, goddess, and immortals accomplish, not your average “frail” …show more content…
He has more than professed his affection, and near obsession with this woman. Throughout this journey the speaker has unsuccessfully attempted to identify what gives this other person so much power, “(i do not know what it is about you…only something in me understands)” The speaker says this in a way that leads the reader to believe he has all but given up on trying to identify what this woman possesses that allows her this power over him. Imagery is present, giving voice to his loved ones eyes and voice to the rose. Personification is used in the last line of the fifth stanza, “nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands”. In this final passage the speaker is confessing to himself and to his love, there is not another person in this world capable of the power she hold over him. somewhere i have never travelled, gladly again; was written in free verse, as much of Cummings poetry was. All five stanzas contain enjambment, sentences not being completed and the “smashing” of words in the same line, “skillfully,mysteriously”. Each stanza is has for lines, making each a quatrain. We can identify rhyme scheme, ABAB formatting, in the last stanza: that closes
Born in October of 1894, Edward Estlin Cummings began writing poetry as the very early age of 10. With the support of his very liberal parents, e.e. was encouraged to develop his writing and explore his creative gifts. (Nicholas Everett, Modern American Poetry, 1994) Among writing poetry, Cummings was an avid painter, studying art in Paris after the First World War. Cummings was married three times, his first marriage ended in divorce and his former wife took their young daughter with her to Ireland, barring him from visiting. Cummings second marriage, also ended in divorce after only four years. The attitude and tone of his writings noticeably changed after the failure of his marriages. In 1934 Cummings met his third wife, model …show more content…
However, frail by Merriam-Webster definition; having less than normal amount of strength or force; very weak. (Merriam-Webster) Cummings uses irony to define just how intense his feelings are for her, and the incredible power she has over the speaker. As the fourth stanza closes, Cummings uses alliteration, compels, colour, and countries. Again, the speaker portrays his lover as powerful, possibly immortal; “rendering death and forever with each breathing”. (Cummings) Rendering death seems to be an act that gods, goddess, and immortals accomplish, not your average “frail” …show more content…
He has more than professed his affection, and near obsession with this woman. Throughout this journey the speaker has unsuccessfully attempted to identify what gives this other person so much power, “(i do not know what it is about you…only something in me understands)” The speaker says this in a way that leads the reader to believe he has all but given up on trying to identify what this woman possesses that allows her this power over him. Imagery is present, giving voice to his loved ones eyes and voice to the rose. Personification is used in the last line of the fifth stanza, “nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands”. In this final passage the speaker is confessing to himself and to his love, there is not another person in this world capable of the power she hold over him. somewhere i have never travelled, gladly again; was written in free verse, as much of Cummings poetry was. All five stanzas contain enjambment, sentences not being completed and the “smashing” of words in the same line, “skillfully,mysteriously”. Each stanza is has for lines, making each a quatrain. We can identify rhyme scheme, ABAB formatting, in the last stanza: that closes