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
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To begin with‚ e.e cummings always wanted to be a poet. As a child his mother would read and write with him. E.E Cummings was a very creative child and had a lot of potential. Eventually‚ E.e Cummings grew up and started writing poems. Some of his poems ended up in an anthology named “eight Harvard poets”. Also‚ some other poems ended up getting published in “the dial”. An interesting quote that he wrote said “so far as I am concerned‚ poetry and every other art was‚ is‚ and forever will be strictly
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A mid-20th century poet famed for his avant-garde style of free verse poetry was a poet by the name of E.E. Cummings (commonly stylized as e.e. cummings). He was known for his disregard of grammatical norms; for example‚ proper capitalization and punctuation usage‚ and he would oftentimes combine multiple words into one‚ which gave his poetry its distinctive style. He also had an unusual way of formatting his poems‚ using line spacing atypical of what was commonly employed by other free verse poets
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In 1920‚ E.E. Cummings published the poem “Buffalo Bill’s”. This was only 3 years after William Cody (better known as Buffalo Bill) had died‚ making this poem like a tribute to Cody. The poem did praise Cody in multiple ways but Cummings also questioned if he really did anything heroic. Cummings was not known to have any sort of hatred towards Buffalo Bill‚ but he obviously did not respect him as much as any other person of his time would have. E.E. Cummings was born on October 14‚ 1894 in Cambridge
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Poets have the gift of taking fewer words than novelists and still instilling grand emotions within their readers. In “anyone lived in a pretty how town” by e.e. cummings‚ Cummings uses language in various ways to portray setting‚ mood‚ and meaning. It isn’t just the words he chooses‚ but the order by which he layers them. The setting isn’t described through adjectives‚ but through imagery and nouns. “a pretty how town” creates the setting of a happening town that is active throughout “spring summer
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Who Goes With Fergus This poem is about the dichotomy of the thinker and the actor. Yeats‚ in love with Maud Gonne‚ was the thinker‚ the courtly lover -- the one who would "brood upon love’s bitter mystery." Yeats was Mr. Nice Guy. Yet Yeats wanted to be the actor - the alpha male - the Fergus. Note the sexualized subtext that permeates the poem‚ who will "pierce the deep wood’s woven shade"? Who will "drive" with Fergus. Finally‚ we get the reasons to be the alpha male - the man of action‚ in the
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Jefferey Kluger makes a good point in his article “How America’s Children Packed on the Pounds”. He clearly puts it “It wasn’t easy to produce a generation of overfed kids- but it might well have been inevitable”. Americans love their food. The settlers came to a new place that was abundant with it. No shortage of game‚ and fields that produced plentiful yields. Americans love with food started early‚ the first national holiday established was Thanksgiving. Americans have always been in an
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There are seven organizational approaches to studying the human body are planes and body directions‚ body cavities‚ quadrants and regions‚ anatomy and physiology‚ microscopic to macroscopic‚ body systems and medical specializes. Body planes and directions approach is the division of the body in sections by using the mid sagittal plane‚ the coronal plane‚ and the transverse plane. This also includes movement toward and away from these planes. This approach might be used when studying particular
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The first soliloquy of Hamlet falls in the Act 1‚ Scene II‚ after the King Claudius and the Queen Gertrude urges Hamlet in the open court to cast off the deep melancholy which‚ as they think‚ has taken possession of his mind as a consequence of his father’s death. In their opinion‚ Hamlet has sufficiently grieved for his father’s death already. Prior to the soliloquy‚ the King Claudius and Queen Gertrude makes announcement to their marriage‚ as according to them‚ the court could not afford excessive
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My Philosophy of Education I believe that every child: * needs reason/motivation for learning * can be influence but not totally by his/her environment * is unique individual with an inherently complex nature * is multi dimensional human being‚ a person with a heart‚ a mind‚ and a soul with hopes‚ dreams‚ aspirations‚ and capacities * does not have an empty mind or a blank slate‚ rather a full of ideas and it is my task to bring out what’s within the child I believe
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