Feelings Over Everything (For The Most Part)
In having a problem in life, an individual has two methods in figuring out how to solve it: logical or emotional. Logical methods mainly use knowledge obtained through institutionalized education, prior experiences, or one 's common sense. The emotional method involves how one feels about a human from being around him or her. People usually debate which method to use when trying to solve dilemmas like figuring out their partner for the rest or his or her life. In "since feeling is first" by E.E Cummings, the reader could see that the author strongly believes an individual should go about making life decisions by using more of the emotional method than the logical method. The reader is able …show more content…
To begin pointing out the author’s belief of using emotions over logic in making decisions, Cummings uses symbolism to unlock his philosophy of allowing one to value one 's heart over one 's head. The poetic device, symbolism, is perfectly expressed using single words with bigger meanings. By using words such as "kiss"(Cummings 4), "Spring" (Cummings 6), and "flowers (Cummings 10)", the reader is able to create a connection between the symbolic and emotional meanings. The speaker uses a word like "kiss" (4) to invoke the feeling of love rather than a definition of it. A kiss from an admired person is something that could rejuvenate a feeling of love one lost. Whether it is a on the lips or a cheek, a kiss from a certain person could be a powerful tool that can make one’s spirit of love renew and give hope to one that the emotion is still alive. An emotional symbol of a heartfelt kiss was then followed by the rejuvenating word of "Spring" (6). Spring is one of the four major weather seasons of the year that is commonly loved for the beauty that arises within a time period of three months. After a brutal and enclosed season of …show more content…
A lyric poem is generally short with the speaker expressing personal thoughts and authentic feelings. The written piece by Cummings is a perfect example of what a lyric poem is supposed to be. The poem is sixteen lines of caring feelings and personal thoughts about the significant other. The reader could see the caring emotion of wanting his “lady” (10) to be happy when the speaker says “Don’t cry” (4). By saying this, a reader could interpret that the speaker would rather see their “lady” (10) happy and filled with life rather than sadness and eyes filled with tears. This alone could be seen as a way of showing that the speaker cares for who he wants to be with. The speaker’s view in a relationship is not only believed to be only be a mental relief for someone, but as well as a physical relief. The mental relief would be in having another person to express one’s inner thoughts and ideas. One would be also be able to say whatever one wants to with the significant other. The heart is the emotional place where love occurs. When one is in love, the body dramatically feels free and relaxed. This a result of knowing that no matter what kind of bad things happened through the day, the significant other would be there to make sure the day ends with a huge smile. The speaker
In having a problem in life, an individual has two methods in figuring out how to solve it: logical or emotional. Logical methods mainly use knowledge obtained through institutionalized education, prior experiences, or one 's common sense. The emotional method involves how one feels about a human from being around him or her. People usually debate which method to use when trying to solve dilemmas like figuring out their partner for the rest or his or her life. In "since feeling is first" by E.E Cummings, the reader could see that the author strongly believes an individual should go about making life decisions by using more of the emotional method than the logical method. The reader is able …show more content…
To begin pointing out the author’s belief of using emotions over logic in making decisions, Cummings uses symbolism to unlock his philosophy of allowing one to value one 's heart over one 's head. The poetic device, symbolism, is perfectly expressed using single words with bigger meanings. By using words such as "kiss"(Cummings 4), "Spring" (Cummings 6), and "flowers (Cummings 10)", the reader is able to create a connection between the symbolic and emotional meanings. The speaker uses a word like "kiss" (4) to invoke the feeling of love rather than a definition of it. A kiss from an admired person is something that could rejuvenate a feeling of love one lost. Whether it is a on the lips or a cheek, a kiss from a certain person could be a powerful tool that can make one’s spirit of love renew and give hope to one that the emotion is still alive. An emotional symbol of a heartfelt kiss was then followed by the rejuvenating word of "Spring" (6). Spring is one of the four major weather seasons of the year that is commonly loved for the beauty that arises within a time period of three months. After a brutal and enclosed season of …show more content…
A lyric poem is generally short with the speaker expressing personal thoughts and authentic feelings. The written piece by Cummings is a perfect example of what a lyric poem is supposed to be. The poem is sixteen lines of caring feelings and personal thoughts about the significant other. The reader could see the caring emotion of wanting his “lady” (10) to be happy when the speaker says “Don’t cry” (4). By saying this, a reader could interpret that the speaker would rather see their “lady” (10) happy and filled with life rather than sadness and eyes filled with tears. This alone could be seen as a way of showing that the speaker cares for who he wants to be with. The speaker’s view in a relationship is not only believed to be only be a mental relief for someone, but as well as a physical relief. The mental relief would be in having another person to express one’s inner thoughts and ideas. One would be also be able to say whatever one wants to with the significant other. The heart is the emotional place where love occurs. When one is in love, the body dramatically feels free and relaxed. This a result of knowing that no matter what kind of bad things happened through the day, the significant other would be there to make sure the day ends with a huge smile. The speaker