E. E. Cummings

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it necessary to remember that he is best understood when approached on his own terms. In trying to understand meaning in his work it is necessary to avoid simple linguistic interpretation and focus on what the deeper meaning is.
In “Once Like a Spark”, he uses the charcters and calls them strangers. While using this name he is in fact stating certain things. Firstly, he is addressing the theme. This theme is corralated in Cummings trancendental view that only through experience are people aware of things around them. In lines 2-5 it reads, “ If strangers meet - life begins - not poor not rich - (only aware)”. The stangers are the only people who are aware of themsleves. They know who they are and have purpose, but are strangers to those who look at them. The poem at its center is about breaking out of routine and becoming an individual. This is stressed throughout the entire poem. Cummings uses the following phrases for emphasis on his theme, “Only aware”, “Only complete”, ...

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The first is the afformentioned description of day. This is the most literal and easy to point out. The second is the series of phrases in parenthesis, “(Kiss me)”. These offer a whisper into the connection of this poems insights about love. This second element feeds into the third. In every third line the phrase, “you will go”, is present.Cummings connects these two opposing thoughts in the last line;
“You will go (kiss me
Down into your memory and
A memory and memory
i) kiss me (will go)”

The way these two phrases connect is absolutley amazing and showcase the raw talent and versatilty of Cummings.
The poem, “Anyone in a Pretty How Town”, tells of “anyone”, an individual ...

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