1. Edward Estlin Cummings
... ambulance duty on Noyon sector. Later Brown's letters from home aroused suspicions in the French army censor. On September 21, 1917, Brown was arrested along with Cummings, who refused to separate himself from Brown. They were both imprisoned for three months at a French detention camp. In 1922, Cummings wrote a book about his experience in the detention camp called, The Enormous Room ... is an insult to the writing profession. He says that Cummings" poetry would only appeal to those with a "childish spirit"(140). The style throughout Cummings work is usually difficult to piece together...
- Word Count: 678
- Approx Pages: 3
- Grade Level: High School