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E. E. Cummings

E. E. Cummings . Soojin Kim, Tim Kim, Flora Kim, Hijo Byeon , DK Lee. E.E Cummings’s biography & style. Born in 1894, Massachusetts, had developed a strong interest in poetry, studied English in Harvard University Non -traditional, experimental Spare and precise (uses few key words)

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E. E. Cummings

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  1. E. E. Cummings Soojin Kim, Tim Kim, Flora Kim, HijoByeon, DK Lee

  2. E.E Cummings’s biography & style • Born in 1894, Massachusetts, had developed a strong interest in poetry, studied English in Harvard University • Non-traditional, experimental • Spare and precise (uses few key words) • Uses some invented words (combining two common words into a new synthesis • Uses words as “if” “am” “because” as nouns, assigning his own meanings to words (meaning > correct grammar) • Often used the pronoun “i” in the lower case, to show that self is not always as important as it seems • Used capital words when he wanted to emphasize them ex) Humanity i love you

  3. What if a much of a which of a wind • Emotion : cynical, powerful, demanding, • Image 1 : Nature will not cease to exist; only creature who can change it is the man. • Image 2 : extended personification of nature describing seasonal change from winter to spring. • Image 3 : A man sitting in a field watching the nature and the sky. • Idea : Everything changes as the time passes by. The more generations the world goes through, the more the world develops.

  4. What if a much of a which of a wind • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mds9MpIvsKc • http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-if-a-much-of-a-which-of-a-wind/

  5. Somewhere I have never traveled gladly beyond • “somewhere i have never traveled gladly beyond” -e.e. cummings • Profound feelings of love- stronger than anything in nature. • metaphysical, abstract ideas • Personifies the season of spring • Roses, eyes • An Image of a woman. (“ frail gesture”..)

  6. Somewhere I have never traveled gladly beyond • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf5yAtmMla4 • http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15401

  7. Anyone lived in a pretty how town • Symbolism, figurative • “Anyone” and “Noone” are CHARACTERS • Expresses two people’s love, and people’s independence/individualism at the same time (paradox) • Image: passing of time, life cycle, two lovers • Emotion, lonely, isolated

  8. Anyone lived in a pretty how town • Poem - http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15403 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLCisOgvzBs

  9. Credits • Hijo – slide 1, 6 • Soojin – slide 2, 7 • Flora – slide 3, 8 • Tim – slide 4, 9 • DK – slide 5

  10. bibliography • ADancinggirl34565. " YouTube - What If A Much Of A Which Of a Wind by E. E. Cummings ." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. . N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2011. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mds9MpIvsKc>. • EmilyStatnick. " YouTube - anyone lived in a pretty how town ." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. . N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2011. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLCisOgvzBs>. • svatozizna. " YouTube - the sims 2 - somewhere i have never traveled, gladly beyond ." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. . N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2011. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf5yAtmMla4>. • Waldman, Anne. "E. E. Cummings : The Poetry Foundation : Find Poems and Poets. Discover Poetry.." The Poetry Foundation : Find Poems and Poets. Discover Poetry.. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2011. <http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/e-e-cummings>.

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