HenHanna
2024-09-04 00:15:26 UTC
Born Edward Estlin Cummings, Cambridge MA, 1894. Father was a Harvard
professor, later Unitarian minister.
"His penchant for lower-case was extended to his initials by one of his
publishers, and the practice caught on, though he himself usually kept
the capitals." (Crystal)
anyone lived in a pretty how town
(with up so floating many bells down)
spring summer autumn winter
he sang his didn't he danced his did
Women and men (both little and small)
cared for anyone not at all
they sowed their isn't they reaped their same
sun moon stars rain (1940)
"The seeds of Cummings' unconventional style appear well established
FATHER DEAR. BE, YOUR FATHER-GOOD AND GOOD,
HE IS GOOD NOW, IT IS NOT GOOD TO SEE IT RAIN,
FATHER DEAR IS, IT, DEAR, NO FATHER DEAR,
LOVE, YOU DEAR,
ESTLIN.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Cummings
anyone lived in a pretty how town
(with up so floating many bells down)
spring summer autumn winter
he sang his didn't he danced his did (1940)
Several weeks ago, i listened to a recording of EEC himselfprofessor, later Unitarian minister.
"His penchant for lower-case was extended to his initials by one of his
publishers, and the practice caught on, though he himself usually kept
the capitals." (Crystal)
anyone lived in a pretty how town
(with up so floating many bells down)
spring summer autumn winter
he sang his didn't he danced his did
Women and men (both little and small)
cared for anyone not at all
they sowed their isn't they reaped their same
sun moon stars rain (1940)
"The seeds of Cummings' unconventional style appear well established
FATHER DEAR. BE, YOUR FATHER-GOOD AND GOOD,
HE IS GOOD NOW, IT IS NOT GOOD TO SEE IT RAIN,
FATHER DEAR IS, IT, DEAR, NO FATHER DEAR,
LOVE, YOU DEAR,
ESTLIN.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Cummings
anyone lived in a pretty how town
(with up so floating many bells down)
spring summer autumn winter
he sang his didn't he danced his did (1940)
reading this and it wasnt at all like how i imagined.
if you've read [The Enormous Room], pls tell me about
a passage or scene that you remember. (i remember Nothing)