Ee Cummings Holistic Devices
“Rawroo”, only poets can get away with this. Cummings was an extraordinary poet, born in Cambridge,Massachusetts in 1894. People didn't recognize him,so he took matters in his own hands. How does E.E. Cummings create meaning by using visual techniques and auditory techniques.
E.E. Cummings used many visual techniques in his poems. In his poem,¨l(a¨, he used spacing to create meaning in the poem(Doc A). One visual technique was, he put parenthesis between words,which made the words ¨a leaf falls¨.Also, Cummings used spacing in Doc B to create the meaning of loneliness and broken.In his other poem,
¨r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r¨, he used in exclamation to emphasize the leap in the poem and the semicolon shows that there might be hidden meaning or
E.E. Cummings used many visual techniques in his poems. In his poem,¨l(a¨, he used spacing to create meaning in the poem(Doc A). One visual technique was, he put parenthesis between words,which made the words ¨a leaf falls¨.Also, Cummings used spacing in Doc B to create the meaning of loneliness and broken.In his other poem,
¨r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r¨, he used in exclamation to emphasize the leap in the poem and the semicolon shows that there might be hidden meaning or