If Ee Cummings Meaning

Edward Estlin Cummings, also known as E.E. Cummings was a avant-garde poet that defied the rule of the English language. During the first World War, Cummings was under arrest for three months under false grounds. His experience in jail inspired the thought about authoritarianism and modernism. Gertrude Stein’s syntactical and Amy Lowell’s imagistic experiment inspired Cummings' work by using incorrect grammar, spelling, and poetry structure. Humans tend to be cynical about facing problems in life, naturally people would go to great extents to avoid facing their problems. Conflicts constantly occur in life, no matter how hard a person tries to avoid the problem or wish them away. However, what happens when problems go away? In the poem "If"
The symbolism describes what a perfect world would be, but with the purpose to refute this idea. Some metaphors illustrating this theme are “measles were nice” and “dirt was clean.” The comparison of these two unlike objects show a life where what appears to be wrong is the opposite, and life would be good. Usually people would want to live in a 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. Without problems we would not earn from our experience. Our overall experiences, both positive and negative, shape who we
Mckaylyn Norman stated that “If you didn't look, act, and be who you are. You wouldn't be you.” By being ourselves, we are ignoring what other people might say. The idea that we should embrace our uniqueness is so important because we would all be the same in a world that wished to be perfect. Norman's statement is very nice idea, but doesn't fit the theme of “If” because an individual must make a choice to be able to change and differentiate. The poem is not just about embracing who we are as individuals, but letting the world shape who you are, as