Cummings

Cummings E. E. Cummings, who was born in 1894 and died in 1962, wrote many poems with outlawed punctuation and capitalization, and unusual line, word, and even letter placements - namely, ideograms. Cummings most nasty form of prose is probably the ideogram; it is extremely terse and it combines some(prenominal) visual and auditory elements. There may be sounds or characters on the page that cannot be verbalized or cannot behave the same message if pronounced and not read. Four of Cummings poems - l(a, mortals), !blac, and swi( illustrate the ideogram form quite well.

Cummings utilizes unique sentence structure in these poems in order to convey messages visually as well as verbally. Although one may think of l(a as a poem of sadness and loneliness, Cummings probably did not intend that. This poem is about individuality - oneness (Kid 200-1). The study of oneness can be derived from the numerous instances and forms of the number 1 throughout the poem. First, l(a contains both the number ...If you want to get a full(a) essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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