is used to enhance the feeling of childlike naivete, to suggest sound effects, and to support the "action" of the poem in other ways.
There is after Just-spring or spring each time either a space or a line-break. These can be interpreted as dramatic pauses--suggestive of the speechless wonder of the child. Every time the subject recurs, he stops to take it in, as it were.
each time the baloonman whistles, the line is either broken or extended by wide spacing. This may be because it is intended to convey to the eye the impression of distance, and attentuation. The whistle.is heard by the children far off.whereupon they come running and skipping from their games.
4. The most cryptic typographical feature is found in the last nine lines. The first fifteen are grouped in "stanzas" of five lines each, consisting of a "quatrain" and a "refrain."After three "regular stanzas," however, the sight pattern dwindles: ten words make up nine lines, the margin slips to the right, and the poem breaks off between the "quatrain" and the "refrain.".
It is a striking fact.that the hop-scotch and jump-rope of line 15 is followed by three hops forward in the verse, two diagonal, a double-hop, and three singles. The game breaks up the poem, just as the baloonman breaks up the game.
O Sweet Spontaneous.
In "O Sweet Spontaneous", the main idea of the poem is a set of three questions asked by the speaker. Each of these questions is directed at the Earth, and has to do with how the Earth has been treated by humankind. .
The questions are "how often have the doting fingers of prurient philosophers pinched and poked thee", "[how often] has the naughty thumb of science prodded thy beauty", and "how often have religions taken thee upon their scraggy knees squeezing and buffeting thee that thou mightest create gods"(1). These statements are implying that philosophy, science, and religion have interfered with aspects of the Earth that should have been left alone.
E.E. Cummings and His Works Two women walk past him, conversing with their noses pointed to the sky, in glistening attire, with fur scarves slung around their necks and ornate designs engraved into their dresses. His eyes shift from the gossiping women to a cluster of businessmen laughing whi...
E.E. Cummings was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 1894. ... Like Emerson, Cummings was also a transcendentalist who believed that the "imaginative faculty in man can perceive the natural world directly". ... E.E. Cummings used nonconformist, distorted English to perfectly explain his feelings about nature and love....
E.E. ... Early in his life, Cummings parents, Edward and Rebecca Clarke Cummings, encouraged him to develop his creative writing skills. ... On 1962, E.E. ... E.E. Cummings was the center for a lot of criticism. ...
Cummings" (a common misconception is that he had his name legally changed to all lowercase letters, however the E.E. ... In high school, E.E. ... In his first published poetry, E.E. ... E.E. ... The style of E.E. ...
Comparison Essay E.E. ... Cummings is a twentieth century poet, as is Sandburg. ... This book contained Cummings first attempt of literary attacks on authoritarianism. Tulips and Chimneys was Cummings first book of poetry and it was extremely popular. ... Cummings and Sandburg are very different. ...
Cummings grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where his father was a sociology professor at Harvard and a noted Unitarianclergyman. ... Making use of his contacts in government, Cummings's father was able to secure his son's release. ... Critical opinion of Cummings's poems is markedly divided. ... Critics have noted, too, that Cummings's style did not change or develop much throughout his career. ... Cummings remains one of the best-known and best-loved poets of the twentieth century. ...
John McCrae, MD, and "Next to of Course God America" by E.E. ... In the other poem by E.E. Cummings I believe the tone is motivational, it uses words like "heroic happy," and "beautiful." ... In the poem by E.E. Cummings it is about defending liberty. ...
EE Cummings "Ride a watersmooth-silver/ stallion (4-5)," only a poem would allow somebody to imagine a dream like that. Poets have become very famous for the special talent inside, that make people think about everything by just reading a poem. One poet in particular is ee cummings. Cummings bri...
The unbridled nature of E.E. ... We are immediately introduced to the significance of word placement and line breaks as Cummings commences "she being Brand/-new... Cummings" sexual joy ride begins in lines 3-7 as he depicts the initiation of the encounter. ... As they have a second go at it, Cummings utilizes unique punctuation to portray the resurgence of sex. ... Cummings" incorporation of distinct devices elevates his writing, which is the pinnacle of poetry. ...