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Can you explan the poem "Nobody loses all the time" by e. e. cummings?

What are the major characteristics of E. E. Cummings's poems?

What does the poem "she being Brand / -new" by E. E. Cummings mean?

What are two conventions of language that E. E. Cummings disregards in his poetry?

Please discuss e. e.cummings's poem, "A Poet's Advice to Students."  

What is the mood of "what if a much of a which of a wind"?  

Where can I find parallelism and external/internal deviation in the poem of "plato told" by E.E. Cummings? How does the style/arrangement of the poem contribute to the interpretation of the poem?

Who is the speaker of the poem "who are you, little i?" by e. e. cummings? What can be the relationship between the "little i" and the speaker? What is the speaker's attitude to the child? Explain the pun in "little i." How does nature inspire the speaker? Why is there a semicolon between the words "window" and "at"? What is the theme of the lines "(and feeling: that if day/ has to become night/ this is a beautiful day)"?

What is the meaning of the poem "Little Man in a Hurry" by e. e. cummings?

In E. E. Cumming's poem "A Poet's Advice to Students", discuss Cumming's advice to all young poets using examples from the text.

What is E.E. Cummings' poem "kitty sixteen 5'11 white prostitute" about?

What does the "You" represent in the poem "I thank You God for most this amazing", written by E. E. Cummings?

What does the poem "i thank you God for this most amazing" reveal about e. e. cummings?

How do E. E. Cummings's poem "[O sweet spontaneous]" and Carl Sandburg's poem "Chicago" reflect modernism?

In e.e cummings poem a poets advice to students what does he mean by this quote? " and so my advice to all young people who wish to become poets is: do something easy, like learning how to blow up the world-unless you're not only willing but glad, to feel and work and fight till you die?

What is an analysis of "Why Did You Go" by E. E. Cummings?

How can I contact the estate for E. E. Cummings?

In E.E. Cummings, "next to of course god america i" What does the line, "then shall the voice of liberty be mute?" mean?  

How does the structure of the poem "next to of course god america i" differ from the traditional fourteen-line sonnet?

How can we appreciate "who are you, little i?" by E. E. Cummings? Will anyone explain the poem in detail?

What does the poet mean when he describes the earth as "happening illimitably" in "i thank you God"?

In E. E. Cummings' poem, "A Poet's Advice to Students", what is difficult about being a poet according to Cummings?

What are the three kinds of mass destruction that E. E. Cummings refers to in the first six lines of each stanza of his poem "what if a much of a which of a wind"? what if a much of a which of a winde.e. cummingswhat if a much of a which of a windgives the truth to summer's lie;bloodies with dizzying leaves the sunand yanks immortal stars awry?Blow king to beggar and queen to seem(blow friend to fiend: blow space to time)—when skies are hanged and oceans drowned,the single secret will still be manwhat if a keen of a lean wind flaysscreaming hills with sleet and snow:strangles valleys by ropes of thingand stifles forests in white ago?Blow hope to terror; blow seeing to blind(blow pity to envy and soul to mind)—whose hearts are mountains, roots are trees,it's they shall cry hello to the springwhat if a dawn of a doom of a dreambites this universe in two,peels forever out of his graveand sprinkles nowhere with me and you?Blow soon to never and never to twice(blow life to isn't:blow death to was)—all nothing's only our hugest home;the most who die, the more we live

Next To Of Course God America I Summary

The poem "what if a much of a which of a wind" and "somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond" are clearly the work of the same poet..... **** Yet despite their similarities, they are also different. Discuss at least two ways in which the poems are similar and two ways in which they are different. At least two of your reasons should involve the poet's use of style, imagery,figure of speech, or sounds. 

Which poem by Yeats should I choose to compare to "i am a little church' by e.e. cummings? The comparison should be according to as many of the following: structure, impact of language, use of nature, originality (if the poem brings a new or different sense of poetry or human experience), how the poems enable us to endure life or better enjoy it, the use of imagery for emotional effect/other usage, the problem of environmental deterioration, etc.

What is E. E. Cummings' style?

Could someone help me with foregrounding in ""kitty". sixteen, 5' 1", white, prostitute"?

What was E. E. Cummings purpose of writing "next to of course god america i"?

What is the author's message in Cummings' poem "next to god of course america i"?                                        

What two poems by e.e. cummings paint a colorful background?  

Discuss the sound devices, the sentence devices and the structure devices in "next to of course god america i" by e. e. cummings.

In E.E. Cummings poems, how does his life appear and contradict itself in these works? Please pay attention to these poems in particular and their use of pronouns: "in Just-", "anyone lived in a pretty how town", and "next to of course god america".

In the poem, "There is a here and...," is the essential meaning roughly parallel to the idea that the meek shall inherit the earth?

I would like to compare "The Wheel" by W. B. Yeats to a poem by e. e. cummings and I do not know what I should choose. Any suggestions?

What is the meter of E.E. Cummings' "Next to of course god America"?

In regards to "[in Just-]" by E. E. Cummings, what is the effect of the arrangement of words on the page as it was written in lowercase? What effect does this have when you look at the poem? How does the visual relate to the content of the piece? Is the balloon man a "good guy," or is he sinister? Does the poem actually end? If yes, how and where?