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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. Influence • Father’s Death - “... a locomotive cut the car in half, killing my father instantly. When two brakemen jumped from the halted train, they saw a woman standing – dazed but erect – beside a mangled machine; with blood spouting (as the older said to me) out of her head. One of her hands (the younger added) kept feeling her dress, as if trying to discover why it was wet.” -

  4. 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”

  5. We Agree: • “explicit treatment of sexuality” • -Ex: I like my body when is with your • -Ex:

  6. Pictures • http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/eecummings

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