E.E. Cummings’ early life inspired his writing from his college days all the way until his last words. After his birth in 1894, Cummings grew up as an intellectual and at age seventeen attended Harvard, where his father was a professor. At a young age, Cummings graduated with his masters and traveled the world, and began to observe the world in a way that would later profoundly impact his writing. Among the many events that gave him inspiration, such as t

When taking in Cummings’ criticisms of American society in one sitting, it hard to take him seriously; seems nothing short of a complainer who sits around whining about people who aren’t like him. But, as one critic puts it

Although this imagery might offend readers because it goes against what’s “proper,” Cummings probably would care less. The fact that he openly writes of his personal accounts further accentuates his aptitude to be open-spirited. Because this passage is detailed of the “trembling,” and “firm smooth ness,” 16 Cummings brings a side of childlike innocents, which further emphasizes his intention to not create controversy, but instead describe pure emotion. In fact, his poem “her care distinct sex,” came after his controversial popularity, and describes with even more “truth” his sexual experiences:

Locked in the shining house of a beautiful sleep,

So, by becoming critical of Cummings work, we’ve become someone who refuses to probe farther into his art. We’ve become another person who Cummings wants to reform; a person who sits around and appreciates only that in our comfort zone, and what other people have already decided is a “great work”.

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