Enormous, By E. Cummings

E.E Cummings was in prison during World War 1.During that time he wrote the book Enormous(E.E Cummings biography).E.E Cummings once said “I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance” ( e. e. cummings Quotes).He is saying that he would rather learn from one person than a lot of foolish people. He tries to influence teens and adults about life and love. He shows that you can overcome anything that is in your way.

The innovative poet, Edward Estlin Cummings was born on October 14 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts (E.E Cummings biography). Cummings was a volunteer ambulance driver in WW1(E.E Cummings biography). Later on Cummings was an intern in a prison camp by French authorities on suspicion of espionage. The prison experience inspired Cummings first novel, The Enormous room (E.E Cummings biography). Cummings additionally wrote Tulips and Chimneys and hundreds of poetry pieces (E.E Cummings biography). Cummings won the Bollingen prize for poetry from Yale University for his poetry work. . He died on September 3, 1962 in North Conway, His quote is “it takes courage to grow up and become who you really are”(E.E Cummings quotes)
In E.E Cummins poem Love is a Building a Building the image or theme that is repeated is that love is like a building. The significance of the theme is that love can be strong like a house and it also can be broken. The person who influenced E.E Cummings was John Dos Passos(Famous people). E.E Cummings was influenced by prison when he was in prison (E.E Cummings). One quote by E.E Cummings is ‘‘Unless you love someone nothing else makes sense’’(E.E Cummings quotes). He has expressed to teens and young adults by life and love. This is why E.E Cummings is brilliant in writing