E.E. Cummings Poems - Poem Analysis

[Buffalo Bill ‘s]

E. Cummings’ free-verse poem ‘[Buffalo Bill ’s]’ taps on the popular theme of the inevitability of death. It includes a civil, indifferent depiction of death.

[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]

[O sweet spontaneous]

‘[O sweet spontaneous]’ by E.E. Cummings is a beautiful poem about the earth and humanity’s search for knowledge. The poem uses personification in interesting ways and expresses a universal message.

a man who had fallen among thieves

E. E. Cummings’ ‘a man who had fallen among thieves’ is a modern retelling of the parable of the Good Samaritan who helped a robbed man lying unconscious on the road. In this poem, the speaker helps one such person who faced a similar accident.

All in green went my love riding

anyone lived in a pretty how town

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i thank You God for most this amazing

‘i thank You God for most this amazing’ by E.E. Cummings is addressed to God and expresses a speaker’s thanks for being allowed to exist in the world.

if everything happens that can’t be done

in Just-

l(a (A Leaf Falls with Loneliness)

maggie and milly and molly and may

may i feel said he

‘may i feel said he’ by E.E. Cummings is a deceptively complicated poem that describes two people engaged in an affair and the various emotions associated with it.

my father moved through dooms of love

next to of course god america i

pity this busy monster, manunkind

‘pity this busy monster, manunkind’ by E.E. Cummings describes the destructive nature of progress and how it has damaged humankind’s view of the world.

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somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond

‘somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond ‘ describes the control a fragile and gentle lover has over a speaker’s state of mind.

the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls

‘the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls’ by E. E. Cummings is about the differences in social classes, ignorance, and reality. The speaker judges the Cambridge women for the fiction they engage in and their lack of interest in the real world.