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Poe.e.try C U M M I N G S

Jonathan Walsh Jaclyn Walsh Caitlin James. Poe.e.try C U M M I N G S. Background iNFO. Edward Estlin Cummings Born October 14, 1894 Graduated from Harvard University WW1- Imprisoned for 3 months Poet, playwright, painter, and

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Poe.e.try C U M M I N G S

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  1. Jonathan Walsh Jaclyn Walsh Caitlin James Poe.e.try C U MM I N G S

  2. Background iNFO • Edward Estlin Cummings • Born October 14, 1894 • Graduated from Harvard University • WW1- Imprisoned for 3 months • Poet, playwright, painter, and • author • Died Sept. 3, 1962

  3. Commonalities r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r who a)s w(e loo)k upnowgath PPEGORHRASS eringint(o- aThe):l eA !p: S a (r rIvInG .gRrEaPsPhOs) to rea(be)rran(com)gi(e)ngly ,grasshopper; r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r Many of his poems includes mangled structures or no structure at all. He uses the themes of love, nature, and the seasons of rebirth.

  4. maggie and milly and molly and may went down to the beach (to play one day) and maggie discovered a shell that sang so sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles,and milly befriended a stranded star whose rays five languid fingers were; and molly was chased by a horrible thing which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and may came home with a smooth round stone as small as a world and as large as alone. For whatever we lose(like a you or a me) it’s always ourselves we find in the sea Literary Devices He tends to use a great amount of alliterations to get his point across He uses intricate rhyme schemes to further enhance the situation at hand.

  5. Influence • - Father’s Death - “... a locomotive cut the car in half, killing my father instantly.” - my father moved through dooms of love -Marriage -Married three times -Themes of love and romance

  6. What Do the Critics Say? • “eccentric and self-indulgent” • “explicit treatment of sexuality” • “insufficient artistic growth” • “spontaneity and child-like wonder” • “forcing his reader to visualize language”

  7. We Agree: • “explicit treatment of sexuality” • -Ex: I like my body when it is with your • “forcing his reader to visualize language” • -Ex:“a horrible thing • which raced sideways while blowing bubbles” • “insufficient artistic growth” - Similar themes are use through out his career. He uses related structure -ex: tulips and chimneys (1923) compared to 95 poems (1958)

  8. WE DISAGREE: • “eccentric and self-indulgent” • -His poems visualize language • - Show a lot of emotion • “spontaneity and child-like wonder” • Common patterns • General themes

  9. Pictures • http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/eecummings • http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/orient/mod11.htm • http://georgebarr.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html • http://www.woman-hood.com/?p=5356 http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/april06.htm http://compassrosebooks.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html

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