I Carry Your Heart With Me By Ee Cummings

Love is something first given to the child by those waiting for the infant to enter the world. Companionship is what the child feels as soon as they are resting in the arms of their parents and family, while they are promising them that they will never leave their side or how they will always be beside them. E.E. Cummings expressed her feelings of love and companionship put together throughout the poem, “I Carry Your Heart With Me”.
A sense of togetherness is brought up in the first stanza Cummings wrote. Love is definitely something felt in the heart, and that is where is should always stay. Especially with a child in this case. "I Carry Your Heart With Me(i carry it in my heart)." At the beginning, the reader is able to understand how the
mother introduces her child to the natural world and her own love (Cameron & Company).
“One might not ordinarily think that a poem an adult has read would be suitable for a child” said Cameron & Company. The child then goes on to realize that her mother will never leave her alone, that everything she is doing will only benefit them both or simply the child itself. There should never be a moment gone by that a child feels left alone. This poem gets to the reader by the wise words of companionship chosen by the author. “I am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done by only me is your doing.my darling)”(Line 2). Cummings uses the use of apostrophe while writing this to let the reader know that this was something he might have gone through or felt in his past. He might also be using this in a positive way towards the children. “Mellow colors and images are patched together from paper, cardboard, fabric, canvas, and paint fuse beautifully with Cummings's gentle words.” said
Aimee Jodoin. Jodoin describes the words in this poem as “gentle”, they can be used to relax a child that may be needing reassurance, while reading this poem. Jodoin also states that “This masterful merging of poetry and illustration makes for the perfect book for bedtime. Ages two through five.” She may also believe that the poem can be used as a positive influence to the child and a great help toward the relaxation of a child as well.
Fear is not something a person may think about if they are all one person has. In this case, the Mother does not know what the definition of “fear” is since she might have been the one that brought the child into this world in the first place. She, as a mother, is willing to sacrifice everything to make sure that her child is free of all harm and is safe at all time no matter what the cost or sacrifice may be. Cummings uses the line “i fear no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)”(line 5) to show how the mother will do just that and nothing less. Somehow he is able to the reader know that he is talking about them both as one, and not as an individual, which fits the purpose of the story well. “and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you”(Line 8). “Cummings then goes on to say that the mother demonstrates how to love and respect nature in all forms” said MaryAnn. She knows how to respect nature and since she compared that to her daughter, she has to be the star of the poem. Cummings did a great job of comparing the two, since they are both beautiful and if they are not cared for right, things can and will go very wrong. In his last stanza, Cummings uses an apostrophe once again, only this time he is doing so only to compare something rather than trying to relate to it on a personal level.
“here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)” The mother is quick to compare her daughter to a tree which was, of course, a great way to emphasize her feelings and thoughts about her daughter throughout this entire poem. A tree is cared for and can never be left without wanting and needing more of something, just like a child. Once the child is born, they are quickly planted and began to grow many large “roots” of support. By comparing the child to a tree, Cummings knew that he was using this imagery in a perfect comparison between the two things that need the most care and love. A child first has to be given to the right family, then as the child begins to learn all the right things in their mind, which in this case can be the roots; they begin to thicken in nutrients. With that comes a strong system of support which are their parents, but for now is the ground around the tree, which helps the child stand tall and makes sure they are not to stumble over easily no matter what. Then, of course, the trunk which can be used as an example for the family of the child. They will always be there surrounding and showing love, helping the child get through it all,
helping protect them from all bad things whose purpose may be to hurt them. In this poem, E.E Cummings did a great job of showing both love and companionship put together by comparing nature and the child together. Any child should know the reasoning behind both, and by the way Cummings expressed his feelings throughout the word in this poem, they are certain to understand their true meanings separately and put together into one.