E.E.+Cummings

E. E. Cummings

__** Background Information: **__ Edward Estlin Cummings was considered the second most widely read poet in 1962. His radical writing style and choice of unconventional topics has captivated the readers of the 1900’s and According to Jenny Penberthy, the writer of the Literary Biography E.E Cummings was, “among the most innovative of the twentieth-century poets” (Norton 1). She goes on further explain her opinion of his work by saying, “a new and delightful sense of linguistic invention, precise and vigorous” (Norton 7). This shows that his work was widely read and within many of his poems the themes that truly scream out are all of sex and tragedy. He wrote of these topics in order to show defiance for the word and show his passion therefore he often wrote in odd formats and created many of the more innovative methods of writing poetry. Many of his ideas come from his childhood family friends of, William James and Josiah Royce, who were philosophers that introduce Cummings to many of his ideas, however he also gained ideas from World War I when he was imprisoned in a French prison. These events led to what he became and gave way to many of his more rebellious ideals. He wrote to many of the younger generations and created ideas that were frowned upon by some of the older poets. His methods of righting were obscure and his themes were risqué and modern attracting a younger market. People today still continue to look to his work for inspiration and a feel for rebellion; they look to his topics that seem to relate better to today’s modern environment then to the environments of the past. Even though he died 1962 his poems continue to inspire the generations of today.

-“E. E. Cummings.” //Poets.org//. The Academy of American Poets. 2013. Web. 30 April 2013. -“E. E. Cummings Biography.” //Encyclopedia of World Biography//. Advameg Inc. 2013. Web. 13 May 2013. -Norton, Charles Eliot. “E. E. Cummings.” //Poetry Foundation//. Poetry Foundation. 3013. Web. 9 May 2013.

__** Poem One: **__ ** __If By: E. E. Cummings__ ** If freckles were lovely, and day was night, And measles were nice and a lie warn't a lie, Life would be delight,- But things couldn't go right For in such a sad plight I wouldn't be I. If earth was heaven, and now was hence, And past was present, and false was true, There might be some sense But I'd be in suspense For on such a pretense You wouldn't be you. If fear was plucky, and globes were square, And dirt was cleanly and tears were glee Things would seem fair,- Yet they'd all despair, For if here was there We wouldn't be we. ** __It’s Time By: Imagine Dragons__ ** So this is what you meant When you said that you were spent And now it's time to build from the bottom of the pit Right to the top Don't hold back Packing my bags and giving the academy a rain check I don't ever wanna let you down I don't ever wanna leave this town 'Cause after all This city never sleeps at night It's time to begin, isn't it? I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit I'm just the same as I was Now don't you understand That I'm never changing who I am So this is where you fell And I am left to sell The path to heaven runs through miles of clouded hell Right to the top Don't look back Turning the rags and giving the commodities a rain check I don't ever wanna let you down I don't ever wanna leave this town 'Cause after all This city never sleeps at night It's time to begin, isn't it? I get a little bit bigger but then I'll admit I'm just the same as I was Now don't you understand That I'm never changing who I am It's time to begin, isn't it? I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit I'm just the same as I was Now don't you understand That I'm never changing who I am This road never looked so lonely This house doesn't burn down slowly To ashes, to ashes It's time to begin, isn't it? I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit I'm just the same as I was Now don't you understand That I'm never changing who I am It's time to begin, isn't it? I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit I'm just the same as I was Now don't you understand That I'm never changing who I am

Term: Theme Definition: An Implicit or recurrent idea within a piece of writing Effect: Within the poem Term: Rhyme Definition: A word agreeing with another in terminal sound Effect: Within the Poem

Term: Repetition Definition: The act or an instance or repeating Effect: Within the Poem

__ Poem two: __
dive for dreams  or a slogan may topple you ( trees are their roots and wind is wind ) trust your heart  if the seas catch fire  (and live by love though the stars walk backward) honour the past but welcome the future ( and dance your death away at this wedding ) never mind a world with its villains or heroes (for god likes girls and tomorrow and the earth)
 * __"Dive For Dreams" By E.E. Cummings __**

**__"Glad You Came" by the Wanted__** The sun goes down The stars come out And all that counts  Is here and now My universe will never be the same I'm glad you came You cast a spell on me, spell on me You hit me like the sky fell on me, fell on me And I decided you look well on me, well on me So let's go somewhere no one else can see, you and me Turn the lights out nowNow I'll take you by the hand Hand you another drink Drink it if you can Can you spend a little time, Time is slipping away, Away from us so stay, Stay with me I can make, Make you glad you came

The sun goes down The stars come out And all that counts Is here and now My universe will never be the same I'm glad you came I'm glad you came You cast a spell on me, spell on me You hit me like the sky fell on me, fell on me And I decided you look well on me, well on me So let's go somewhere no one else can see, you and me Turn the lights out now Now I'll take you by the hand Hand you another drink Drink it if you can Can you spend a little time, Time is slipping away, Away from us so stay,

Stay with me I can make, Make you glad you came The sun goes down The stars come out And all that counts Is here and now My universe will never be the same I'm glad you came I'm glad you came I'm glad you came So glad you came I'm glad you came I'm glad you came The sun goes down The stars come out And all that counts Is here and now My universe will never be the same I'm glad you came I'm glad you came Term: Syllable Pattern Definition: A pattern that can be found within the number of syllables within a poem Effect: Found in the Poem

Term: Hyperbole Definition: Obvious and intentional exaggeration Effect: Found in the Poem

Term: Metaphor Definition: A figure of speech which it is not literally applicable in org]der to suggest a resemblance. Effect: Found in the poem

__Poem Three:__
__ **All in Green By. E.E. Cummings** __ All in green went my love riding   on a great horse of gold   into the silver dawn. Four lean hounds crouched low and smiling  the merry deer ran before. Fleeter be they than dappled dreams  the swift red deer   the red rare deer. Four red roebuck at a white water  the cruel bugle sang before. Horn at hip went my love riding  riding the echo down   into the silver dawn. Four lean hounds crouched low and smiling  the level meadows ran before.

Softer be they than slippered sleep  the lean lithe deer   the fleet flown deer.

Four fleet does at a gold valley  the famished arrow sang before. Bow at belt went my love riding  riding the mountain down   into the silver dawn. Four lean hounds crouched low and smiling  the sheer peaks ran before. Paler be they than daunting death  the sleek slim deer   the tall tense deer. Four tall stags at the green mountain  the lucky hunter sang before. All in green went my love riding  on a great horse of gold   into the silver dawn. Four lean hounds crouched low and smiling  my heart fell dead before. **__Love is a Battlefield By Pat Benatar__**  (We are young)   (We are young)   We are young   (to heartache)   Heartache to heartache   (We stand)   We stand (No promises)  (No promises)   No promises   (No demands)   No demands   (Love is a battlefield)   Love is a battlefield   Whoooo-oh-oh....

We are strong  No one can tell us we're wrong   Searching our hearts for so long   Both of us knowing   Love is a battlefield You're begging me to go  Then making me stay   Why do you hurt me so bad   It would help me to know   Do I stand in your way   Or am I the best thing you've had

Believe me  Believe me   I can't tell you why   But I'm trapped by your love   And I'm chained to your side

We are young  Heartache to heartache we stand   No promises   No demands   Love is a battlefield We are strong  No one can tell us we're wrong   Searching our hearts for so long   Both of us knowing   Love is a battlefield

When I'm losing control  Will you turn me away   Or touch me deep inside   And when all this gets old   Will it still feel the same There's no way this will die  But if we get much closer   I could lose control   And if your heart surrenders   You'll need me to hold

We are young  Heartache to heartache we stand   No promises   No demands   Love is a battlefield

We are strong  No one can tell us we're wrong   Searching our hearts for so long   Both of us knowing   Love is a battlefield

Term: Personification Definition: The attribute of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract especially as a rhetorical figure. Effect: Look in the Poem

Term: Hyperbole Definition: Obvious and intentional exaggeration Effect Look in the Poem

Term: Metaphor Definition: A figure of speech which it is not literally applicable in org]der to suggest a resemblance. Effect: Found in the poem