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Cummings was a very accomplished person. His success can be mainly attributed
to the unconventional ways in which he chooses to write. His parents, being
indulgent towards their son, encouraged him early on to develop all the creative
talents he possessed. As a result, Cummings started writing early and developed
his own unique style which was praised as well as criticized.
e was a playwright, author and painter who wrote and painted many
things however is most famous for his poems. The main purpose of his poems
was to use words, syntax, and punctuation to paint a picture in the readers mind
as well as invoke certain emotions, even if not understood completely. He was
always looking for new ways to express himself through placement of words.
Cummings wrote in many different types of poetry and used many of
the poetic devices. From his poetry, one can find the lyric, narrative, sonnet,
elegy, and idyll types of poems. However, he mostly wrote in free verse. He uses
poetic devices such as allusion, symbolism, imagery, personification, apostrophe,
dramatic irony and metaphors. One of his goals actually, was to find new and
. . .
This poem is a display of two people who are capable of disregarding
what the majority say and think, and to live happy lives. Also, the poem is written on three
different levels progressing at once. However confusing his works are,
they usually stir up some sort of emotion or response from the reader, which is
what his main goal was. This statement shows that since they are individuals, they
are able to realize and fulfill their dreams.
Since Cummings wrote in such an unusual way, he is often categorized
into the modernist movement.
poetry and every other art was and is and forever will be strictly and distinctly a
question of individuality. His most famous
satire poem is next to of course god america i love you, which shows the
dramatic irony of patriotism and freedom and also includes the circumstances
soldiers in war had. He
experimented with things such as made up words, compressed words, broken up
words, capitalization in strange places, punctuation in strange places, and
strange, idiomatic, and sometimes confusing syntax.
Since Cummings has an individual and unusual style of writing, some
points should be taken into consideration when reading and trying to understand
his poetry. First, it’s important to understand the topography of a particular
poem, to try to understand why certain words are in certain places.
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