Education Of Ee Cummings

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forming a sort of rhyme themselves
3.trees & agains; (whi) & sky; te, rees, & le
b.falling of a leaf
1.the whole poem's syntax
2.line and word spacing
3.IrlI
3.Images
a.comma after sky and trees
b.black against white
D.swi(
1.Theme – differentiate b/w perception and conception
2.Syntax
a.swi(
b.terseness, primary lang., and unclear syntactical
relationships
c.motion à Less
d.d,
3.Images – against ó across à swift à swimming
III.Conclusion
A.Cummings' method
B.Comment on the ideogram



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le

af

fa



ll

s)

one

l



iness


!blac

k

agains

t



(whi)

te sky

?t

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om droppe

d

,

le

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poems – l(a, mortals), !blac, and swi( – illustrate the ideogram form
quite well. Cummings utilizes unique syntax in these poems in order to convey
messages visually as well as verbally. Although one may think of l(a as a poem
of sadness and loneliness, Cummings probably did not intend that. This poem is
about individuality –oneness (Kid 200-1). The theme of oneness can be derived
from the numerous instances and forms of the number ‘1' throughout the poem.
First, ‘l(a' contains both the number 1 and the singular indefinite article, ‘
a'; the second line contains the French singular definite article, ‘le'; ‘ll' on
the fifth line represents two ones; ‘one' on the 7th line spells the ...

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