i sing of Olaf glad and big (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: e. e. cummings
- First Published: 1931
- Type of Work: Elegy
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Mythology or myths
The Poem
According to Richard S. Kennedy’s biography of E. E. Cummings, Dreams in the Mirror (1982), “i sing of Olaf glad and big” grew out of Cummings’s experience at Camp Devens, Massachussetts, shortly after he was drafted into the Army in July of 1918. Cummings’s memories of the camp remained vivid until he composed a collection of poetry entitled W for “ViVa,” meaning “long live,” which was published in October, 1931. The book began darkly, dealing satirically with the sordidness of the world, and ended more happily, with an emphasis on the...
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