Essays Tagged: "Cummings"

"old age sticks" by E.E. Cummings analysis

Old Age Sticks AnalysisIn "Old Age Sticks" by E.E. Cummings, Cummings uses a change from normal formatting to an odd, separated format. This allows the ... say that youth are both growing old, and that youth at the same time are "owing old.".Overall, E.E. Cummings is a unique poet in respect to the content of his poems as well as the format he uses to wr ...

(1 pages) 14744 0 3.5 Sep/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

E.E. Cummings: The Individual and His Work

hose ideas are refreshingly different, and breaks the mold set out by society. Such a man was E. E. Cummings. Not only did he break the mold, he shattered it with a monstrous wrecking-ball. " He is kn ... . " He is known for his idiosyncratic and typographically inventive poetry..."(www.biography.com 1) Cummings firmly believed in his ideas and strived to be an individual in all aspects of life. As he ...

(5 pages) 84 0 3.7 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

The Poetry of E. E. Cummings

E. E. Cummings, who was born in 1894 and died in 1962, wrote manypoems with unconventional punctuation and ... ctuation and capitalization, and unusualline, word, and even letter placements - namely, ideograms. Cummings'most difficult form of prose is probably the ideogram; it is extremelyterse and it combines ... page that cannot be verbalized or cannotconvey the same message if pronounced and not read. Four of Cummings'poems - l(a, mortals), !blac, and swi( - illustrate the ideogram formquite well. Cummings u ...

(5 pages) 41 0 5.0 Jun/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

E.e. Cummings

This poem by E.E. Cummings main goal is to conjure up feeling of oneness. The form that the poem is in, including the ... main goal is to conjure up feeling of oneness. The form that the poem is in, including the way that Cummings placed his stanzas is obvious that he trying to produce the sense of solitude. But, he defe ... neness. This poem with its style of unconventional punctuation could have been easily simplified by Cummings if he had only given us ("a leaf falls:/loneliness"). This way he would have co ...

(2 pages) 1311 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Anyone Lives In A Pretty How Town

E.E. Cummings is one of the most famous poets of the twentieth century. His unique style with both the la ... the charming "exterior"� of the poem, lies a deep meaning. This poem was written to express Cummings' disdain with society's attitude toward individuality, and their apathetical approach to li ... h society's attitude toward individuality, and their apathetical approach to life.This poem of E.E. Cummings' clearly portrays his philosophy on life. A major influence on the poem was Cummings fury w ...

(5 pages) 1739 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Team building T-group

ehaviour, actions and this potentially endorse the creation of interpersonal intervention. Waddell, Cummings & Worley, (2006, p. 213) acknowledged its aim in which to improve people's working rela ... one of the team interventions that effectively maximize the performance of organisations. Waddell, Cummings, Worley (2001, p. 225) defined team building as 'a broad range of planned activities that h ...

(10 pages) 115 0 3.8 Sep/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Analysis Of “anyone Lived In A Pretty How Town

Edward Estlin Cummings has a poetic style that is distinct from any other poets who came before or since. His poet ... y rejected many grammatical rules or rules of syntax and created a new realm within which he wrote. Cummings recurring themes include the celebration of individualism, love, and the essence of spring. ... levels of meaning and depth from Cumming?s poems. The first reading simply introduces the reader to Cummings? use of grammar and the meaning behind the orientation of words in the poem being analyzed, ...

(4 pages) 9 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Poetry Comparitive Essay with the Discourse of Death.

he discourse of death. Although it was published in 1633, three years after his passing, Michael J. Cummings (publisher of a study guide website cummingsstudyguides.net) said it was thought to be writ ... 1-poetry-explication-holy-sonnet-10-john-donnes-address-to-death?page=5 (accessed February 20, 2010)Cummings, M. Death, be not Proud. http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides3/DeathBe.html#title (acc ...

(8 pages) 32 0 0.0 May/2010

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Poetry