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E Cummings Dbq

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“ To destroy is always the first step in any creation”. Cummings was an artist and a poet. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Had went to Harvard University and then joined a world war. Eventually he died in 1962. E.E cummings creates meaning by using visual and hearing techniques. He creates meaning in his poetry by using visual and auditory techniques. First of all, an example is in his poem “ l(a” in (Doc A) the way Cumings formed it makes the poem look like the number one. The way he makes it look and sound in the poem was as if it were to stand for loneliness. In the poem it talks about only one leaf that is most likely to be lonely. Also, another example is in (Doc B) it is formed like if it were like a grasshopper leaping

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