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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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Jonathan Walsh Jaclyn Walsh Caitlin James Poe.e.try C U MM 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 • author • Died Sept. 3, 1962
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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 maggie and milly and molly and may 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. -if -flotsam and jetsam -a pretty a day
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
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”
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)
WE DISAGREE: • “eccentric and self-indulgent” • -Poems visualize language • - Ex: all in green • Show a lot of emotion • -Topics and themes are normal • “spontaneity and child-like wonder” • Common patterns • General themes • Mature subjects • Ex: may I feel said he