Although rebirth can be seen as the general theme of the poem, with closer inspection the subject is, more specifically, about a spiritual resurrection.The third line, “i who have died am alive again today” is a direct reference to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.Christ was crucified and then buried in a tomb for three days until he was resurrected.The speaker of the poem feels that he has found a new perspective on life.This line is a metaphor, for the speaker did not literally die; rather, it is possible that he might have experienced a spiritual or emotional loss that caused him to lose sight of God.Without having God in his life, the speaker felt lost, like he was wandering through life without any real purpose.Now that he h

as rediscovered the greatness of God, the speaker is stating that a life without God is really not life at all.If God is not a part of man’s life then man is so spiritually lost that it is almost the equivalent to being dead.Only after the speaker has experienced his rebirth is able to use his senses to truly experience the natural world.Once he begins “tasting touching hearing seeing breathing,” he feels like he is encountering everything for the first time.Prior to his rebirth, the speaker could not see God at all; therefore, he was symbolically dead.Now that he has been given a new opportunity on life, however, he sees the presence of God everywhere in nature.The speaker is filled with such a sense of wonderment about how amazing the natural world is, and, as a result all he can do is thank God.

Cummings’ use of structure and syntax contribute greatly to how the poem is interpreted.The most obvious thing one can see by just looking at the poem is that all words are in lower case with the exception of “You” and “God.”The capitalization of these two principal words occurs because the speaker is actively thanking and praising God throughout the poem.Since he feels that God is a much higher being, he capitalizes the name God and the pronoun used in reference to him.Although Cummings can show the speaker’s feelings of extreme reverence through metaphors and symbols within the poem, he can alter the physical characteristics of the poem as well in order to make these feelings even more important.The fact that the name and all references to God himself are capitalized shows that the speaker gives God more respect and admiration than he does for anything else.

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