Ee Cummings Research Paper
Edward Estlin Cummings, also known as E.E. Cummings was a very avant-garde poet that defies the rule of the english language. During the first World War, Cummings was arrested for three months under false grounds. His experience in jail inspired the thought of authoritarianism and modernism. Cummings’ was also influenced by Gertrude Stein’s syncytial and Amy Lowell’s imagistic experiment, inspired his work of using incorrect grammar, spelling, and poetry structure. Humans tend to cynical about facing problems in life, naturally people would go to great extents to avoid facing their problems. Conflicts always occur in life, no matter how hard an individual tries to avoid the problem or wish away them. However, what is happens when problems
go away? In E.E. aCummins’ “If, “ the main message that if the world was perfect then we wouldn’t be who we are today.
In the poem “If,” the narrator is constantly questioning the reader by using many metaphors through each stanza. This device pulls the reader to understand what a perfect world is, in order to refute them. Some evidence of metaphors are “measles were nice” and “dirt was cleanly.” The comparison of these two unlike objects, Cummings demonstrate a life where everything that would seem wrong was the opposite, life would be good. Usually people would want to live in world without problems because then we wouldn’t have to face problems. In reality, everything would change. The problem is that we won’t have any problems. Individuals learn from their problems, but having no problems then we wouldn’t learn from our experience. Overall experience shapes who we are.
The rhyme scheme in “If,” the stanza structure stay the same, besides the exact words on the lines. The repetition of Cummings’ use of structure shows how the world around us affects who we are and if that world would change, we as individual would change too. In “If,” the three stanza goes in an ABAAAB pattern. The use of rhyme scheme emphasises how life overall is simple. Only when we keep life with it’s problems because life without problems create a whole new world that also changes us as an individual. Changing any aspect of the poem, from taking out a punctuation mark or replacing any word. The whole poem would essentially have a completely different interpretation, same goes with life. Our life would not be the same if we change any details in it.
go away? In E.E. aCummins’ “If, “ the main message that if the world was perfect then we wouldn’t be who we are today.
In the poem “If,” the narrator is constantly questioning the reader by using many metaphors through each stanza. This device pulls the reader to understand what a perfect world is, in order to refute them. Some evidence of metaphors are “measles were nice” and “dirt was cleanly.” The comparison of these two unlike objects, Cummings demonstrate a life where everything that would seem wrong was the opposite, life would be good. Usually people would want to live in world without problems because then we wouldn’t have to face problems. In reality, everything would change. The problem is that we won’t have any problems. Individuals learn from their problems, but having no problems then we wouldn’t learn from our experience. Overall experience shapes who we are.
The rhyme scheme in “If,” the stanza structure stay the same, besides the exact words on the lines. The repetition of Cummings’ use of structure shows how the world around us affects who we are and if that world would change, we as individual would change too. In “If,” the three stanza goes in an ABAAAB pattern. The use of rhyme scheme emphasises how life overall is simple. Only when we keep life with it’s problems because life without problems create a whole new world that also changes us as an individual. Changing any aspect of the poem, from taking out a punctuation mark or replacing any word. The whole poem would essentially have a completely different interpretation, same goes with life. Our life would not be the same if we change any details in it.