intolerance of nonconformists. He particularly conveys his philosophy of individualism and view of how we are all forced to conform in his poem’s ‘anyone lived in a pretty how town’ and his philosophy on transcendentalism in ‘maggie and milly and molly and may’ through the use of his experimental poetic techniques and his use of homophones, metaphor and personification. The poem "anyone lived in a pretty how town" by E. E. Cummings tells the story of life. It exemplifies the busy life that humans live…

Taking into account that change is not easy for anyone. I would hold regular meetings to inform of the new changes, prepare people before the actual change occurs. They should not only be physically ready for the change, but also psychologically as well. The way that I perceive change can affect the way that I respond. Therefore, this is true for the ones we may lead. If they perceive that the change has been forced on them they may well resist it, particularly if they feel it is counter to their…

An Analysis of E.E. Cummings' Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town In reading this poem the first time, I had no clue as to what Cummings was speaking of. However, after many times through and several on-line readings, I believe that I have some semblance as to what Cummings was trying to convey in this poem. In reading this poem through on my own the first time, I saw Anyone as any person. However, Anyone is actually an individual, as is Noone. Anyone is seen to be a happy person as in line 4…

passage of time in their poetry. In Thomas’ "Fern Hill" and Cummings’ "anyone lived in a pretty how town," both modern poets utilize a juxtaposition of paradoxes to express the irrevocable passage of time and the loss of innocence attributed to it. While Thomas projects his mature feelings into a nostalgic site of his childhood, Cummings takes a more detached approach by telling a seemingly trivial, paradoxical story of "noone" and "anyone," which through negation tells a universal life story. "Fern…

An Interpretation of E.E. Cummings' Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town E.E. Cummings (1894-1962) is an American Poet whose works are some of the harder ones to understand. That's what Cummings is known for, his typography, language, punctuation, and his use of capital letters to give words special meanings. It has been stated that he has his own language known as Cummingsian. Cummings has done a lot of experimentation with language along with other poets during the Modernist era. Not only…

A Psychoanalytic Analysis of Pretty Woman In the introduction to his book, The Sublime Object of Ideology, Slavoj Zizek acquaints readers with his book’s tripartite aim. He plans, among other things, to illustrate concepts fundamental to Lacanian psychoanalysis – an intention which will serve to further his more ambitious goal “to reactualize Hegelian dialectics by giving it a new reading” in the light of Lacanian psychoanalysis – and “to contribute to the theory of ideology via a new reading…

“anyone lived in a pretty how town” by E.E. Cummings can be interpreted both literally and figuratively. Literally, the poem can be read to mean that someone lived in a town where everyone was unhappy, unloving, and cruel. The people went through life growing up, forgetting their lonely, loveless childhoods, while others died unloved with nobody missing them, therefore the town continued to repeat the cycle of unhappiness for every following generation. Figuratively, the poem can be viewed as a love…

the future of work one must watch the film of Sergio Kirby and Lixin Fan to obtain a firm knowledge of the future of work in order to improve upon it. Sergio Kirby’s Wal-Town: The Film is a 66 minute documentary filmed in Canada that seeks to raise public awareness on the negative impacts that Walmart introduces in small town Canadian communities. The documentary includes six university activists attempting to put an end to Walmart’s negative impacts by trekking a journey of public awareness across…

things in life that count An analysis of the representation of the daily life in Our Town * Table of Contents 1 Introduction 3 2 Biographical Background 4 3 Our Town 5 3.1 General 5 3.2 Theme 5 3.3 Publication 5 4 Analysis 6 4.1 Act 1 6 4.2 Act 2 7 4.3 Act 3 8 5 Conclusion 10 6 Bibliography 12 6.1 Primary Literature 12 6.2 Secondary Literature 12 6.3 Webliography 12 Introduction Needless to say, Our Town is one of the most popular plays…

The theme of Thorton Wilder’s play, “Our Town” is about how we all take life for granted, forgetting to appreciate every moment of our lives. Even the smallest moments should be noticed, the moments that make us who we are and the moments that might seem irrelevant at that time but they are in fact very beautiful and precious. Because we will never get to experience it for the second time, even if we want to. In my opinion, the protagonists are the stage manager, who helps to tie all scenes together…