... , prosperity, reason, and the rights of the individual. During that time, people believed in the Enlightenment, and industrial developments and scientific breakthroughs were a daily reality apparent in the rising standard of living. But World War I crushed all hopes and dreams. It plunged society in an age of anxiety and uncertainty in almost every area of human life. The social impact of total war was also ... the armed forces, great numbers of women entered the labour force. They left their domestic service to work in industry, transportation, and offices. The poem "Rosie the Riveter- ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... different perspective of social pressure on males. The public has always seen women as those who need to fit the commonly accepted persona; but in this poem, Cummings puts the weight on men. This "formula," 17 as Cummings describes, forces the individuality of the person to succumb to gender pressures ... how it exemplifies the purest path to finding truth in our lives. The opening passage draws upon this entire notion, telling us: "in time of daffodils (who know the goad of living is to grow) forgetting why,remembering how" 15 As the poem progresses, the images of not only daffodils, .....

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• Grade Level: High School