Ee Cummings I Carry Your Heart With Me Summary

As an advocate for individuality, E.E. Cummings flooded pages with his thoughts and transformed traditional poetry into his own. Varying from topics of love to death, Cummings never restricted himself with strict rules, but rather expressed his feelings through innovative poems. He often included aspects of nature into his poems to express its ever-changing character, and personify it with its own “identity.” Imagery provided a focal point for symbolism and conveyed Cummings’ hidden messages. Additionally, to further create distinction, Cummings often wrote in unique ways—whether it was with odd punctuation to playing around with word positions. He showcased his own special character and style through his eccentric poems, that tie together
By doing so, the poem comes full circle and wraps the idea of love all up. While Cummings wrote about a clichéd topic, he approached it in an unconventional way. “[i carry your heart with me(i carry]” is a fourteen line sonnet. However, unlike Shakespeare, Cummings does not use a three quatrain-couplet form. Additionally, he does not use a rhyme scheme in the first stanza, but switches to a slight abab rhyme scheme for the next two stanzas. Rather, the poet used a free verse sonnet to emphasize this everlasting love he has.
About a decade earlier, Cummings wrote the poem “[anyone lived in a pretty how town]”. This poem features confusing and, what often seems like, contradictory ideas using ambiguous language. To begin with, the lack of a title gives no hint as to what the subject of the poem is. Reading it through for the first time there are odd phrases, a lack of commas or punctuation, as well as reoccurring notes on nature and their symbolic meaning. The poety crafts his poem to provide a relatable story on towns reminiscent of 1984 by George Orwell and how one might blend and disappear whilst continually doing the mundane in
Children forgot about Anyone while Noone’s world revolved around Anyone. Others got married, but were not always happy with life because they settled for what they had. Eventually, Anyone died, Noone kissed his face, “busy folk” buried him, and the town continued along. Cummings crafted this poem as an ambiguous take on society’s workings. He illustrates a world where others did not come as a priority and outlines the dreary consequences. Using abstract language to create images of an odd town, readers are able to connect and relate to the poem’s subject. Especially in a time where the Great Depression just ended, this poem would strike a chord with American citizens going through rough economic times. It reminds everyone to care for one another and not let the unfortunate pass away without making their