E.E Cummings

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"The E.E Cummings makes his poems profound making it difficult to comprehend" The poem of "Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town" by E. E. Cummings is a poem that takes some analysis to understand. This poem is not punctuated right, but that does not make it a bad poem. The writer makes it seem complicated but when the story is discovered in this poem, then it is easier to understand the poem. The first time reading this poem I did not think it was that great, but after finding out the meaning of the poem by analyzing and reading poem again, I actually thought it was very creative. My impression did change throughout the poem because after realizing how the writer adds in the different sounds and structures in this story I changed my opinion about the poem.

The first time reading this poem was a little confusing because I did not really realize it was a story.

Later when I finally found out that the characters were "Anyone" and "Noone" then I found out that it was written like a story which got me to like the poem even more. Throughout the poem there are essential elements that show that this poem has a story in it. Because of the poem being a narrative it shows that there is a story. A narrative is a non-dramatic poem, which tells a story or presents a narrative, whether simple or complex, long or short. Even though it was a complex narrative, it still fits the description of being like a ballad, which is like a story. Also realizing that this poem has characters makes it even more like a poem. The characters in this poem are "Anyone" and "Noone" but it isn't that easy to find out that...